📅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) Urban city and town C1
📅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.
21697
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 21697 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: 1,194
White Brit.88.8%
Other White2.8%
White Irish2.1%
White & Asian1.3%
+ other · 5.0%
Religion
Total residents: 1,194
Christian50.8%
No religion41.0%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 2.2%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,191
50–6423.8%
35–4919.2%
65–7411.5%
25–348.8%
75–848.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.5%
Households
Total households: 523
Any member 66+19.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children14.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.0%
Other12.6%
All members 66+10.9%
+ 7 other households · 28.1%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:56 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:21 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:56 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:21 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 MK17 8XG 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: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 21697
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017379 and MSOA E02003605 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK17 8XG is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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