📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is sparsely populated 1
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Urban city and town in a sparse setting C2
📅2021 ClassificationUrban: Further from a major town or city UF1
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD Wales — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, access to services, housing, and community safety.
379
Rank out of 1,909 LSOAs in Wales
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 379 out of 1,909 lower layer super output areas in Wales. N/A for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in Wales.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 2,105
White Brit.88.1%
Other White6.8%
Other Asian1.5%
+ other · 3.6%
Religion
Total residents: 2,108
No religion50.5%
Christian40.6%
Not answered5.7%
Muslim1.4%
+ other · 1.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,106
35–4918.9%
50–6418.5%
25–3413.1%
65–7410.6%
10–157.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.1%
Households
Total households: 1,009
Other29.0%
Any member 66+16.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.7%
Lone parent family: With dependent children6.9%
+ 7 other households · 30.2%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
6:06 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:32 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)6:06 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:32 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 SY16 1BL introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is sparsely populated 1
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town in a sparse setting C2. IMD Wales rank: 379
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Further from a major town or city UF1. LSOA W01000480 and MSOA W02000104 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode SY16 1BL is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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