📅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.
8466
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 8466 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: 1,651
White Brit.66.0%
Other White9.1%
Indian7.2%
African3.4%
Caribbean2.2%
+ 6 other groups · 12.2%
Religion
Total residents: 1,648
Christian44.4%
No religion38.2%
Not answered6.1%
Muslim5.1%
Sikh4.5%
+ 1 other religions · 1.6%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,653
35–4922.1%
50–6418.6%
25–3413.1%
65–748.7%
10–158.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.7%
Households
Total households: 624
Other16.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent9.5%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.0%
Any member 66+8.7%
+ 9 other households · 39.9%
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 2022
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~4 years
Active Duration
2022 → Present
June 2022 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 7PQ introduced by Royal Mail.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 7PQ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 2022
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~4 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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