📅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.
19525
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 19525 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: 1,700
White Brit.63.6%
Other White10.6%
Indian9.3%
Pakistani2.5%
Other Asian2.2%
+ 5 other groups · 11.8%
Religion
Total residents: 1,701
Christian46.1%
No religion34.4%
Not answered6.6%
Muslim3.6%
Other religion3.2%
+ 2 other religions · 6.2%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,697
35–4921.9%
50–6420.6%
25–3414.6%
10–157.8%
65–747.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.6%
Households
Total households: 697
Other15.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.1%
Any member 66+9.2%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.2%
+ 7 other households · 41.9%
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
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 8BH 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: 19525
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017508 and MSOA E02003632 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 8BH is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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