📅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.
16607
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 16607 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: 1,183
White Brit.65.4%
Indian11.4%
Other White8.1%
Other Asian2.8%
Caribbean2.1%
+ 4 other groups · 10.1%
Religion
Total residents: 1,185
Christian47.5%
No religion31.1%
Not answered5.7%
Sikh5.2%
Other religion3.9%
+ 2 other religions · 6.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,181
50–6425.8%
35–4917.3%
25–3413.0%
65–7412.7%
20–246.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.1%
Households
Total households: 484
Other14.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.8%
All members 66+11.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.2%
Any member 66+9.7%
+ 7 other households · 40.3%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:53 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:22 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:53 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:22 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
June 1981
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~45 years
Active Duration
1981 → Present
June 1981 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 8RT 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: 16607
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017511 and MSOA E02003631 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 8RT is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 1981
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~45 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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