📅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.
23885
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 23885 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: 1,363
White Brit.74.5%
Other White11.3%
Indian1.9%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.9%
White & Asian1.7%
+ 4 other groups · 8.7%
Religion
Total residents: 1,364
No religion48.2%
Christian39.8%
Not answered7.5%
Muslim2.0%
Hindu1.5%
+ other · 0.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,359
35–4922.0%
50–6421.3%
25–3412.5%
65–749.6%
75–846.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.2%
Households
Total households: 647
Other21.8%
Any member 66+16.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.6%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.4%
+ 6 other households · 27.4%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:53 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:22 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:53 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:22 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 MK40 3PE 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: 23885
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017467 and MSOA E02003627 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK40 3PE is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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