📅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.
19281
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 19281 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: 1,527
White Brit.89.4%
Other White2.8%
White & Asian1.1%
+ other · 6.7%
Religion
Total residents: 1,517
Christian45.7%
No religion45.1%
Not answered6.6%
+ other · 2.6%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,523
50–6421.9%
35–4921.0%
65–749.5%
25–349.5%
10–158.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.3%
Households
Total households: 639
Other16.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.4%
Any member 66+10.9%
All members 66+10.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.7%
+ 8 other households · 39.0%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:54 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:19 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:54 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:19 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 SG16 6AL 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: 19281
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017391 and MSOA E02003611 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode SG16 6AL is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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