📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
📅2021 ClassificationUrban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
18435
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 18435 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 2,346
White Brit.68.5%
Other White6.8%
African4.5%
Indian3.2%
White & Black Caribbean2.9%
+ 6 other groups · 14.1%
Religion
Total residents: 2,340
Christian51.5%
No religion34.4%
Muslim5.5%
Not answered3.8%
Sikh2.1%
+ 1 other religions · 2.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,339
50–6423.2%
35–4921.1%
25–3413.2%
65–747.4%
10–156.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.2%
Households
Total households: 958
Other17.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.3%
Any member 66+8.2%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.1%
+ 7 other households · 39.4%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:55 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:20 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:55 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:20 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
July 1995
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~31 years
Active Duration
1995 → Present
July 1995 — Introduced
Postcode LU2 7GG introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 18435
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017616 and MSOA E02003636 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU2 7GG is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJuly 1995
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~31 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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