📅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.
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: 1,401
White Brit.62.6%
Other White8.8%
African5.9%
Indian5.1%
Caribbean3.7%
+ 7 other groups · 13.9%
Religion
Total residents: 1,403
Christian42.6%
No religion41.7%
Not answered5.2%
Muslim5.0%
Hindu2.1%
+ 1 other religions · 3.4%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,403
35–4924.6%
25–3423.8%
50–6413.8%
≤410.1%
5–97.2%
+ 5 other age groups · 20.5%
Households
Total households: 518
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children24.9%
Other13.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.6%
Cohabiting couple family: No children12.2%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children9.5%
+ 8 other households · 27.8%
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
📅
December 1999
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~27 years
Active Duration
1999 → Present
December 1999 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 0QX 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: 16138
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1. LSOA E01034428 and MSOA E02007010 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 0QX is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedDecember 1999
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~27 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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