📅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.
9878
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 9878 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: 1,877
Pakistani40.1%
Other White12.8%
White Brit.11.8%
Bangladeshi11.6%
Indian5.8%
+ 6 other groups · 17.9%
Religion
Total residents: 1,885
Muslim60.0%
Christian21.9%
No religion7.1%
Not answered5.6%
Sikh3.7%
+ 1 other religions · 1.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,883
35–4923.0%
25–3413.5%
50–6412.6%
10–1510.9%
≤48.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.2%
Households
Total households: 518
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children24.3%
With dependent children14.5%
Other12.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent7.3%
+ 9 other households · 34.2%
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
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode MK40 4NT 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: 9878
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017538 and MSOA E02003628 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK40 4NT is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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