📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1
📅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.
31120
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 31120 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: 1,532
White Brit.81.4%
Other White4.8%
Indian3.9%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
Other Asian1.2%
+ 2 other groups · 7.5%
Religion
Total residents: 1,529
No religion50.0%
Christian39.2%
Not answered4.5%
Sikh2.1%
Hindu1.7%
+ other · 2.4%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,538
35–4929.8%
50–6415.7%
5–910.8%
25–3410.6%
10–159.0%
+ 5 other age groups · 24.2%
Households
Total households: 642
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children24.3%
Other19.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.1%
Any member 66+8.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.3%
+ 7 other households · 27.7%
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
📅
November 2008
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~18 years
Active Duration
2008 → Present
November 2008 — Introduced
Postcode SG5 4BF introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1. IMD England rank: 31120
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01033190 and MSOA E02003612 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode SG5 4BF is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedNovember 2008
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~18 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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