📅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.
6131
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 6131 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: 2,490
Pakistani45.4%
White Brit.9.2%
Bangladeshi9.1%
Other Asian7.0%
Other White5.9%
+ 7 other groups · 23.4%
Religion
Total residents: 2,492
Muslim64.8%
Christian17.5%
No religion6.6%
Not answered6.0%
Hindu3.2%
+ 1 other religions · 2.0%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,497
35–4922.5%
25–3417.4%
50–6411.8%
10–1510.4%
≤49.0%
+ 5 other age groups · 28.9%
Households
Total households: 753
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children25.5%
Other21.6%
With dependent children9.8%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.6%
+ 8 other households · 26.3%
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
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode LU4 8DR 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: 6131
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015787 and MSOA E02003272 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU4 8DR is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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