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Coordinates & Location for RM20 3BS
Postcode
RM20 3BS
Coordinates
51.4773, 0.2819
Grid reference
TQ585778
Easting
558,563
Northing
177,835
Region
East of England
Plus Code
9F32F7GJ+WQ
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames
Travel to Work
London
ITL Region
Thurrock
National Park
Non-National Park
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.
13010
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 13010 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.
Property sales (Land Registry)
England & WalesDemographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
White Brit.48.1%
Other White18.3%
African16.0%
Other Black2.9%
Bangladeshi1.9%
+ 7 other groups · 12.9%
Religion
Christian52.7%
No religion32.5%
Muslim7.3%
Not answered5.5%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
35–4924.9%
25–3415.5%
50–6414.2%
10–1510.4%
5–98.8%
+ 5 other age groups · 26.1%
Households
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children19.0%
Other14.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children13.4%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children9.1%
With dependent children8.2%
+ 7 other households · 36.0%
Administrative Information
Thurrock
Local Authority
Council AreaThurrock E14001546
Constituency
E14001546Essex
Police Force
England
Ward
West Thurrock & South Stifford
Constituency code
E14001546
EU Electoral Region
Eastern
Parish
Thurrock, unparished area
International Territorial Level
Thurrock
Health & NHS
East of England
Health Authority
Serving (pseudo) England (UA/MD/LB)
NHS EnglandEast of England
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
East of England
NHS Region
East of England
Integrated Care Board
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
South West Essex
Sub ICB Location
NHS Essex ICB - 07G
Cancer Alliance
East of England
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Thurrock 022D E01034371
E01034371MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Thurrock 022 E02007005
E02007005LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Thurrock 015C E01016012
E01016012MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Thurrock 015 E02003310
E02003310Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
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 major conurbation A1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
5:39 AM
Sunrise
6:05 PM
Sunset
12 hours 26 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
5:39 AM
Sunset (today)
6:05 PM
Daylight duration
12 hours 26 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
July 1995
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~31 years
Active Duration
1995 -> PresentJuly 1995 — Introduced
Postcode RM20 3BS 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 major conurbation A1. IMD England rank: 13010
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01034371 and MSOA E02007005 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode RM20 3BS is currently active and in use.
First introduced
July 1995
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~31 years
Last updated
2026-08-01
Current status
Live
Schools near RM20 3BS
Open state schools within 1.2 miles of this postcode, ranked by distance.
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–19FSM 16%
Attainment 8
55.5
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 13%
RWM expected
76%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 15%
RWM expected
85%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 8%
RWM expected
69%
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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