📅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.
2056
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 2056 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: 1,858
White Brit.43.1%
Other White17.8%
African6.5%
Bangladeshi5.5%
Caribbean4.9%
+ 10 other groups · 22.3%
Religion
Total residents: 1,867
Christian45.1%
No religion27.6%
Muslim13.2%
Not answered9.6%
Other religion1.4%
+ 2 other religions · 3.0%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,868
35–4920.7%
25–3419.3%
50–6418.8%
65–7410.3%
20–249.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 21.7%
Households
Total households: 927
Other38.6%
Any member 66+19.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children6.4%
Cohabiting couple family: No children6.2%
+ 7 other households · 22.1%
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
📅
September 2019
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~7 years
Active Duration
2019 → Present
September 2019 — Introduced
Postcode MK40 2FW introduced by Royal Mail.
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017502 and MSOA E02003625 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK40 2FW is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedSeptember 2019
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~7 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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