📅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.
9733
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 9733 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: 1,648
White Brit.67.5%
Other White9.3%
African5.0%
White & Black Caribbean3.5%
Indian2.9%
+ 5 other groups · 11.7%
Religion
Total residents: 1,647
Christian49.5%
No religion40.0%
Not answered5.8%
Muslim2.4%
Sikh1.4%
+ other · 0.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,654
35–4921.4%
50–6420.9%
25–3413.7%
10–1510.2%
5–96.9%
+ 5 other age groups · 27.0%
Households
Total households: 647
Other18.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children13.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.1%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children6.7%
+ 9 other households · 38.3%
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
📅
December 1995
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~31 years
Active Duration
1995 → Present
December 1995 — Introduced
Postcode MK41 0AY 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: 9733
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017493 and MSOA E02003622 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK41 0AY is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedDecember 1995
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~31 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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