📅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: 1,539
White Brit.63.2%
Other White10.8%
African5.2%
Indian3.9%
White & Black Caribbean3.3%
+ 6 other groups · 13.6%
Religion
Total residents: 1,540
No religion46.2%
Christian39.3%
Muslim5.4%
Not answered4.8%
Sikh1.6%
+ 1 other religions · 2.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,539
35–4927.2%
25–3424.9%
≤412.2%
50–6410.2%
5–98.4%
+ 4 other age groups · 17.1%
Households
Total households: 606
Other24.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children23.9%
Cohabiting couple family: No children14.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.1%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.2%
+ 6 other households · 18.5%
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 1985
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~41 years
Active Duration
1985 → Present
October 1985 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 7PU 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: 21844
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01034424 and MSOA E02003633 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 7PU is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedOctober 1985
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~41 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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