📅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.
21844
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 21844 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: 1,542
White Brit.67.9%
Other White6.4%
Indian6.0%
African4.0%
Caribbean2.5%
+ 7 other groups · 13.2%
Religion
Total residents: 1,540
Christian44.3%
No religion40.3%
Not answered5.1%
Muslim4.5%
Hindu2.3%
+ 1 other religions · 3.4%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,539
35–4922.9%
25–3417.6%
50–6416.2%
5–98.4%
≤48.1%
+ 5 other age groups · 26.8%
Households
Total households: 582
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.9%
Other17.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.9%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children8.4%
+ 8 other households · 36.8%
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
📅
June 2020
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~6 years
Active Duration
2020 → Present
June 2020 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 7PG introduced by Royal Mail.
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01034422 and MSOA E02003633 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 7PG is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 2020
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~6 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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