Low deprivation
IMD Scotland
Scotland
Region
Live
Status
Coordinates & Location for FK2 8GE
Falkirk and Stirling
Travel to Work
TTWA
Postcode
FK2 8GE
Coordinates
56.0636, -3.7685
Grid reference
NS899870
Easting
289,984
Northing
687,049
Region
Scotland
Plus Code
9C8R367J+CH
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Scotland
Travel to Work
Falkirk and Stirling
ITL Region
Falkirk
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD Scotland — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, and access to services.
Decile 8 — Least Deprived 10%5339
Rank out of all Scottish datazones
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 5339 places this postcode in Decile 8 in Scotland. N/A for England, Wales and Northern Ireland indices as this postcode is in Scotland.
Administrative Information
Falkirk
Local Authority
Council AreaAlloa and Grangemouth S14000064
Constituency
S14000064Scotland
Police Force
Scotland-wide
Ward
Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst
Constituency code
S14000064
EU Electoral Region
Scotland
Parish
Scotland
International Territorial Level
Falkirk
Health & NHS
Forth Valley
Health Authority
Serving (pseudo) Scotland
NHS ScotlandScotland
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
Forth Valley
NHS Region
Scotland
Integrated Care Board
Scotland
Primary Care Org
Falkirk Community Health Partnership
Sub ICB Location
Falkirk Community Health Partnership
Cancer Alliance
Scotland
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Carse and Grangemouth Old Town - 02 S01016222
S01016222MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Carse and Grangemouth Old Town S02003002
S02003002LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Carse and Grangemouth Old Town - 03 S01009123
S01009123MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Carse and Grangemouth Old Town S02001710
S02001710Accessible Rural
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
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
(Scotland) Accessible Rural 6
2021 Classification
Accessible Rural 5
Sun & Time Information
3:46 AM
Sunrise
8:54 PM
Sunset
10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
3:46 AM
Sunset (today)
8:54 PM
Daylight duration
10 hours 28 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
June 1999
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~27 years
Active Duration
1999 -> PresentJune 1999 — Introduced
Postcode FK2 8GE introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban 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 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (Scotland) Accessible Rural 6. IMD Scotland: Rank 5339 · Decile 8
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Accessible Rural 5. LSOA S01016222 and MSOA S02003002 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode FK2 8GE is currently active and in use.
First introduced
June 1999
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~27 years
Last updated
2026-02-01
Current status
Live
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