📅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.
10466
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 10466 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: 1,508
White Brit.47.2%
Indian15.9%
Other White12.9%
African3.8%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group3.0%
+ 7 other groups · 17.2%
Religion
Total residents: 1,510
Christian42.1%
No religion26.4%
Sikh9.0%
Muslim7.9%
Not answered6.6%
+ 3 other religions · 8.0%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,503
35–4922.9%
50–6419.1%
25–3412.6%
65–748.5%
10–157.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.8%
Households
Total households: 545
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.5%
Other15.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent7.5%
+ 9 other households · 43.3%
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
📅
March 1988
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~38 years
Active Duration
1988 → Present
March 1988 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 8TX 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: 10466
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017512 and MSOA E02003631 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 8TX is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedMarch 1988
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~38 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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