📅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.
6913
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 6913 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: 2,149
Pakistani63.3%
Bangladeshi10.3%
Indian5.0%
Other Asian5.0%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group3.7%
+ 4 other groups · 12.7%
Religion
Total residents: 2,149
Muslim77.6%
Christian8.1%
Not answered7.5%
Hindu2.9%
No religion2.4%
+ 1 other religions · 1.5%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,144
35–4921.7%
25–3416.0%
50–6410.4%
5–99.2%
10–159.1%
+ 5 other age groups · 33.6%
Households
Total households: 473
With dependent children28.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children22.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent8.7%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over7.4%
Other7.0%
+ 6 other households · 26.2%
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 8JT 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: 6913
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015788 and MSOA E02003272 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU4 8JT is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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