📅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.
15636
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 15636 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: 1,947
White Brit.88.8%
Other White1.7%
White & Black Caribbean1.5%
African1.4%
Indian1.0%
+ other · 5.5%
Religion
Total residents: 1,944
No religion51.5%
Christian40.9%
Not answered5.0%
Sikh1.0%
+ other · 1.6%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,941
35–4920.8%
50–6418.7%
25–3414.8%
65–747.3%
10–157.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.3%
Households
Total households: 819
Other22.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.6%
Any member 66+10.3%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.0%
+ 7 other households · 32.7%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:55 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:20 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:55 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:20 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
March 2004
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~22 years
Active Duration
2004 → Present
March 2004 — Introduced
Postcode SG17 5FB introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 15636
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017440 and MSOA E02003609 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode SG17 5FB is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedMarch 2004
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~22 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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