📅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.
8837
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 8837 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: 1,733
White Brit.46.7%
Other White16.3%
Indian5.9%
African5.8%
Bangladeshi5.2%
+ 7 other groups · 20.1%
Religion
Total residents: 1,737
Christian40.1%
No religion32.8%
Muslim11.4%
Not answered8.6%
Sikh3.2%
+ 2 other religions · 3.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,734
35–4924.3%
50–6416.1%
25–3414.7%
10–158.9%
5–96.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.0%
Households
Total households: 662
Other20.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children10.6%
Any member 66+8.5%
Lone parent family: All children non-dependent6.8%
+ 7 other households · 35.0%
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
📅
August 2024
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~2 years
Active Duration
2024 → Present
August 2024 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 0BP introduced by Royal Mail.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 0BP is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedAugust 2024
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~2 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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