High deprivation
IMD England
East of England
Region
Live
Status
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Coordinates & Location for SS5 5LU
Postcode
SS5 5LU
Coordinates
51.6193, 0.6507
Grid reference
TQ836944
Easting
583,600
Northing
194,492
Region
East of England
Plus Code
9F32JM92+P7
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Unknown
Travel to Work
Southend
ITL Region
Rochford
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.
12422
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 12422 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.96.7%
Other White1.0%
+ other · 2.3%
Religion
Christian54.5%
No religion38.7%
Not answered4.8%
+ other · 2.0%
Age groups
50–6424.4%
65–7423.4%
75–8418.0%
35–4910.1%
25–346.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 17.9%
Households
Lone parent family: With dependent children60.2%
Cohabiting couple family: No children12.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent9.3%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children8.0%
Cohabiting couple family: All children non-dependent2.9%
+ 4 other households · 7.4%
Administrative Information
Rochford
Local Authority
Council AreaRayleigh and Wickford E14001437
Constituency
E14001437Essex
Police Force
England
Ward
Hullbridge
Constituency code
E14001437
EU Electoral Region
Eastern
Parish
Hullbridge
International Territorial Level
Rochford
Health & NHS
East of England
Health Authority
Serving Essex
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 East Essex
Sub ICB Location
NHS Essex ICB - 99F
Cancer Alliance
East of England
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Rochford 001A E01021942
E01021942MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Rochford 001 E02004563
E02004563LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Rochford 001A E01021942
E01021942MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Rochford 001 E02004563
E02004563Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Village – less sparse: OA falls within the Village category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 7
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Rural village E1
2021 Classification
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1
Sun & Time Information
5:39 AM
Sunrise
6:02 PM
Sunset
12 hours 23 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
5:39 AM
Sunset (today)
6:02 PM
Daylight duration
12 hours 23 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
August 1992
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~34 years
Active Duration
1992 -> PresentAugust 1992 — Introduced
Postcode SS5 5LU introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Village – less sparse: OA falls within the Village category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 7
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural village E1. IMD England rank: 12422
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1. LSOA E01021942 and MSOA E02004563 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode SS5 5LU is currently active and in use.
First introduced
August 1992
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~34 years
Last updated
2026-08-01
Current status
Live
Schools near SS5 5LU
Open state schools within 1.2 miles of this postcode, ranked by distance.
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–11FSM 7%
RWM expected
79%
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18FSM 14%
Attainment 8
49.4
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11FSM 10%
RWM expected
80%
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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