📅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.
26387
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 26387 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: 1,496
White Brit.57.1%
Indian7.8%
Other White7.2%
African5.7%
Pakistani5.0%
+ 8 other groups · 17.3%
Religion
Total residents: 1,503
Christian51.0%
No religion25.8%
Muslim7.7%
Not answered6.4%
Hindu6.0%
+ 2 other religions · 3.3%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,497
50–6422.5%
35–4921.1%
25–3413.2%
65–749.9%
≤46.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.8%
Households
Total households: 655
Other20.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.6%
Any member 66+13.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.2%
All members 66+7.6%
+ 7 other households · 33.6%
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 1983
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~43 years
Active Duration
1983 → Present
January 1983 — Introduced
Postcode LU3 3XH 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: 26387
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015710 and MSOA E02003258 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU3 3XH is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1983
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~43 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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