📅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.
8143
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 8143 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: 2,139
White Brit.86.5%
Other White3.5%
African1.3%
White Irish1.1%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.1%
+ 1 other groups · 6.4%
Religion
Total residents: 2,143
No religion57.1%
Christian34.9%
Not answered5.3%
Muslim1.2%
+ other · 1.6%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,145
35–4920.7%
50–6418.0%
25–3413.8%
10–159.9%
5–98.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.7%
Households
Total households: 826
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.5%
Lone parent family: With dependent children14.4%
Other14.0%
Any member 66+8.5%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children7.5%
+ 7 other households · 39.1%
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 3EH introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 8143
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017609 and MSOA E02003639 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU7 3EH is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 2001
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~25 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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