📅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.
14338
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 14338 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: 1,806
White Brit.55.6%
Pakistani8.2%
Bangladeshi6.2%
Other White4.8%
Indian4.7%
+ 6 other groups · 20.5%
Religion
Total residents: 1,805
Christian48.4%
No religion23.7%
Muslim16.4%
Not answered5.5%
Hindu3.2%
+ 2 other religions · 2.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,807
35–4918.0%
50–6416.3%
25–3412.0%
75–8412.0%
65–748.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 32.9%
Households
Total households: 747
Any member 66+20.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.3%
Other12.1%
All members 66+12.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.8%
+ 8 other households · 35.1%
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
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode LU3 2EY 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: 14338
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015748 and MSOA E02003261 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU3 2EY is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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