📅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.
28509
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 28509 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: 1,447
White Brit.66.0%
Other White11.2%
Indian5.5%
African3.5%
Other ethnic group: Arab1.7%
+ 5 other groups · 12.2%
Religion
Total residents: 1,440
Christian51.6%
No religion31.4%
Muslim6.0%
Not answered4.9%
Hindu4.2%
+ 1 other religions · 1.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,445
35–4922.6%
50–6420.7%
25–3413.1%
65–7410.0%
10–158.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.3%
Households
Total households: 580
Other16.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.4%
All members 66+10.0%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.0%
+ 8 other households · 37.1%
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
📅
February 1990
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~36 years
Active Duration
1990 → Present
February 1990 — Introduced
Postcode LU2 9NR 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: 28509
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015811 and MSOA E02003271 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU2 9NR is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedFebruary 1990
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~36 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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