📅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.
22266
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 22266 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: 1,662
White Brit.82.4%
Other White8.5%
Indian1.7%
White Irish1.3%
Other Asian1.3%
+ 1 other groups · 4.9%
Religion
Total residents: 1,657
No religion49.8%
Christian39.9%
Not answered7.4%
Muslim1.1%
+ other · 1.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,661
25–3421.6%
35–4921.4%
50–6420.1%
65–749.1%
≤46.0%
+ 5 other age groups · 21.8%
Households
Total households: 804
Other27.5%
Cohabiting couple family: No children12.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.7%
Any member 66+9.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.1%
+ 6 other households · 29.4%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:56 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:21 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:56 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:21 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
June 2001
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~25 years
Active Duration
2001 → Present
June 2001 — Introduced
Postcode LU7 2LY introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 22266
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017589 and MSOA E02003640 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU7 2LY is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 2001
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~25 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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