📅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.
23718
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 23718 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: 1,521
White Brit.66.6%
Indian9.6%
Other White4.9%
Other Asian3.2%
Pakistani2.6%
+ 6 other groups · 13.1%
Religion
Total residents: 1,515
Christian50.6%
No religion28.6%
Muslim5.8%
Not answered5.0%
Sikh4.7%
+ 1 other religions · 5.3%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,521
35–4920.2%
50–6420.2%
65–7412.6%
25–3411.4%
10–157.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.3%
Households
Total households: 594
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children22.4%
All members 66+15.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children15.0%
Other9.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent8.6%
+ 7 other households · 29.1%
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
📅
January 1993
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~33 years
Active Duration
1993 → Present
January 1993 — Introduced
Postcode MK40 4QD 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: 23718
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01034414 and MSOA E02003623 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK40 4QD is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1993
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~33 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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