📅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.
1315
Rank out of 1,909 LSOAs in Wales
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 1315 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: 1,893
White Brit.92.2%
Other White2.7%
Other Asian1.2%
+ other · 3.9%
Religion
Total residents: 1,895
Christian50.0%
No religion41.7%
Not answered5.0%
Muslim1.6%
+ other · 1.6%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,900
50–6420.7%
35–4917.4%
65–7413.7%
25–3410.0%
75–849.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.8%
Households
Total households: 901
Any member 66+19.5%
Other17.6%
All members 66+12.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.2%
+ 6 other households · 29.8%
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 2BS 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: 1315
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Further from a major town or city UF1. LSOA W01000482 and MSOA W02000104 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode SY16 2BS is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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