📅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.
5969
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 5969 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: 1,645
Pakistani28.0%
Bangladeshi27.9%
Other White8.6%
White Brit.7.5%
African7.0%
+ 7 other groups · 21.0%
Religion
Total residents: 1,640
Muslim62.9%
Christian18.6%
Not answered9.0%
No religion5.9%
Sikh1.6%
+ 1 other religions · 2.0%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,644
35–4924.8%
25–3416.9%
50–6411.1%
10–1510.2%
≤410.2%
+ 5 other age groups · 26.8%
Households
Total households: 484
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children27.1%
Other16.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children14.9%
With dependent children10.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.1%
+ 8 other households · 22.7%
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
📅
June 2008
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~18 years
Active Duration
2008 → Present
June 2008 — Introduced
Postcode LU4 8FG introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 5969
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015705 and MSOA E02003274 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU4 8FG is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 2008
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~18 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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