📅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.
13809
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 13809 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: 1,557
White Brit.27.7%
Other White22.8%
Indian15.2%
African7.1%
Other Asian4.9%
+ 9 other groups · 22.4%
Religion
Total residents: 1,560
Christian47.8%
No religion26.1%
Muslim12.6%
Not answered5.8%
Hindu4.0%
+ 1 other religions · 3.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,558
25–3427.1%
35–4926.1%
50–6410.9%
≤49.4%
5–97.8%
+ 4 other age groups · 18.6%
Households
Total households: 657
Other30.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.7%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children6.8%
+ 7 other households · 27.4%
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
📅
April 2015
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~11 years
Active Duration
2015 → Present
April 2015 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 9AG introduced by Royal Mail.
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01034421 and MSOA E02003630 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 9AG is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedApril 2015
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~11 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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