📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Hamlet and Isolated Dwelling – less sparse: OA falls within the Hamlet and Isolated Dwelling category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 8
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings F1
📅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.
18082
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 18082 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: 1,240
White Brit.71.1%
Indian8.6%
Other White8.2%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.7%
White & Asian1.6%
+ 3 other groups · 8.9%
Religion
Total residents: 1,235
Christian52.5%
No religion30.7%
Not answered6.7%
Sikh4.0%
Muslim2.3%
+ 2 other religions · 3.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,239
50–6419.9%
35–4916.5%
65–7415.2%
75–8414.0%
25–348.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.9%
Households
Total households: 577
Any member 66+25.6%
All members 66+18.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.3%
Other8.2%
+ 7 other households · 24.8%
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
📅
August 2013
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~13 years
Active Duration
2013 → Present
August 2013 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 7GB introduced by Royal Mail.
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01034432 and MSOA E02007011 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 7GB is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedAugust 2013
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~13 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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