📅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.
10088
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 10088 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: 1,466
White Brit.63.6%
Other White7.6%
White Irish4.3%
Pakistani4.0%
Indian3.5%
+ 8 other groups · 17.1%
Religion
Total residents: 1,460
Christian56.6%
No religion25.9%
Muslim8.2%
Not answered4.5%
Hindu2.0%
+ 1 other religions · 2.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,470
50–6423.7%
35–4916.7%
25–3411.9%
65–7411.7%
75–849.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.4%
Households
Total households: 641
Any member 66+20.8%
Other16.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.6%
All members 66+9.5%
+ 7 other households · 31.7%
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 1990
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~36 years
Active Duration
1990 → Present
July 1990 — Introduced
Postcode LU2 7XR 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: 10088
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015796 and MSOA E02003269 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU2 7XR is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJuly 1990
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~36 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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