📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Village – less sparse: OA falls within the Village category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 7
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Rural village E1
📅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.
16138
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 16138 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: 1,496
White Brit.59.7%
Other White10.2%
African6.1%
Indian5.6%
White & Black Caribbean3.2%
+ 6 other groups · 15.3%
Religion
Total residents: 1,494
Christian42.0%
No religion41.7%
Muslim5.4%
Not answered5.2%
Hindu2.6%
+ 2 other religions · 3.0%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,485
35–4925.8%
25–3423.8%
≤411.2%
50–6410.6%
5–98.8%
+ 4 other age groups · 19.9%
Households
Total households: 575
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children21.2%
Other20.5%
Cohabiting couple family: No children14.8%
Lone parent family: With dependent children11.3%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children8.3%
+ 7 other households · 23.8%
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
📅
November 2005
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~21 years
Active Duration
2005 → Present
November 2005 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 0PE introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural village E1. IMD England rank: 16138
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1. LSOA E01034427 and MSOA E02007010 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 0PE is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedNovember 2005
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~21 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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