📅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.
18952
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 18952 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: 1,739
Pakistani28.1%
White Brit.27.7%
Bangladeshi12.5%
Other Asian5.0%
Indian4.8%
+ 8 other groups · 21.9%
Religion
Total residents: 1,745
Muslim47.9%
Christian30.5%
No religion11.4%
Not answered4.4%
Hindu3.2%
+ 1 other religions · 2.6%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,737
35–4920.2%
50–6417.7%
25–3413.1%
10–1510.4%
5–97.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.9%
Households
Total households: 549
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children26.4%
Other10.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent10.4%
Lone parent family: All children non-dependent8.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.7%
+ 8 other households · 35.3%
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 LU3 2LJ 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: 18952
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015766 and MSOA E02003263 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU3 2LJ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJuly 1990
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~36 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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