📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1
📅2021 ClassificationLarger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1
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.
19891
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 19891 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: 1,208
White Brit.78.2%
Other White7.6%
African2.2%
White & Black Caribbean1.6%
White & Black African1.2%
+ 1 other groups · 9.1%
Religion
Total residents: 1,206
Christian54.0%
No religion36.0%
Not answered5.1%
Muslim2.2%
+ other · 2.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,205
35–4920.9%
50–6418.4%
25–3411.0%
10–159.4%
65–749.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.3%
Households
Total households: 497
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.1%
Any member 66+14.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.7%
Other12.5%
All members 66+8.4%
+ 7 other households · 33.4%
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 MK41 6EA introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1. IMD England rank: 19891
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1. LSOA E01017481 and MSOA E02003618 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK41 6EA is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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