📅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.
7633
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 7633 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: 1,723
White Brit.53.5%
Other White12.0%
Indian8.4%
African5.4%
Caribbean3.8%
+ 8 other groups · 16.9%
Religion
Total residents: 1,729
Christian47.0%
No religion32.5%
Muslim5.8%
Not answered5.2%
Sikh4.0%
+ 2 other religions · 5.5%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,726
35–4921.5%
50–6418.7%
25–3412.0%
10–159.8%
65–748.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.0%
Households
Total households: 667
Other18.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children11.7%
Any member 66+9.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.2%
+ 7 other households · 36.9%
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
📅
October 1984
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~42 years
Active Duration
1984 → Present
October 1984 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 7PT introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban 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 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 7633
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017514 and MSOA E02003633 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 7PT is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedOctober 1984
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~42 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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