📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
📅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.
24404
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 24404 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: 1,733
White Brit.72.1%
Other White8.0%
African3.9%
Indian2.3%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
+ 4 other groups · 11.4%
Religion
Total residents: 1,725
Christian53.9%
No religion34.5%
Not answered5.3%
Muslim2.5%
Hindu1.4%
+ other · 2.3%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,735
50–6421.6%
35–4918.0%
65–7413.0%
25–3412.8%
75–848.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.1%
Households
Total households: 740
All members 66+15.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.7%
Any member 66+13.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children13.2%
Other10.5%
+ 9 other households · 33.7%
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 MK3 5BG introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 24404
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01016713 and MSOA E02003489 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK3 5BG is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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