📅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.
29556
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 29556 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: 1,454
White Brit.89.3%
Other White2.7%
White Irish1.9%
Indian1.3%
White & Asian1.2%
+ other · 3.6%
Religion
Total residents: 1,452
Christian49.6%
No religion39.8%
Not answered8.3%
+ other · 2.3%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,456
50–6421.4%
35–4917.4%
65–7414.6%
75–8411.3%
10–156.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.8%
Households
Total households: 533
All members 66+20.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children19.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children14.4%
Any member 66+11.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent9.0%
+ 8 other households · 25.5%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:54 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:23 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:54 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:23 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 3FW introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 29556
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017607 and MSOA E02003638 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode LU7 3FW is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 2001
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~25 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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