📅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.
2998
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 2998 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: 2,314
Other White24.9%
White Brit.24.8%
Bangladeshi17.6%
Indian6.3%
African5.9%
+ 6 other groups · 20.5%
Religion
Total residents: 2,306
Christian44.4%
Muslim24.6%
No religion20.2%
Not answered5.3%
Hindu2.6%
+ 1 other religions · 2.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,307
25–3424.4%
35–4924.2%
50–6415.9%
20–248.3%
≤46.4%
+ 5 other age groups · 20.8%
Households
Total households: 1,002
Other35.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.3%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.4%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over9.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.2%
+ 8 other households · 27.8%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:55 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:20 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:55 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:20 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
February 2018
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~8 years
Active Duration
2018 → Present
February 2018 — Introduced
Postcode MK40 1AR introduced by Royal Mail.
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017466 and MSOA E02003627 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK40 1AR is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedFebruary 2018
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~8 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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