📅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.
7842
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 7842 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: 2,205
Pakistani52.0%
Other Asian8.8%
White Brit.7.1%
Other White6.1%
African5.7%
+ 6 other groups · 20.4%
Religion
Total residents: 2,200
Muslim66.7%
Christian17.7%
No religion5.1%
Not answered5.1%
Hindu3.6%
+ 1 other religions · 1.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,203
35–4924.0%
25–3413.1%
50–6412.4%
10–1511.8%
5–98.8%
+ 5 other age groups · 29.8%
Households
Total households: 634
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children26.0%
With dependent children12.9%
Other12.8%
Lone parent family: All children non-dependent11.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.8%
+ 8 other households · 27.1%
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
📅
November 2009
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~17 years
Active Duration
2009 → Present
November 2009 — Introduced
Postcode LU4 8FL introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 7842
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015715 and MSOA E02003268 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU4 8FL is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedNovember 2009
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~17 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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