📅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: 1,877
White Brit.30.1%
Other White26.3%
Indian14.3%
African6.3%
Caribbean3.1%
+ 8 other groups · 19.9%
Religion
Total residents: 1,885
Christian48.6%
No religion23.9%
Muslim7.6%
Not answered6.8%
Other religion5.8%
+ 3 other religions · 7.3%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,887
35–4924.5%
25–3423.0%
50–6415.4%
20–248.6%
≤46.5%
+ 5 other age groups · 21.9%
Households
Total households: 755
Other27.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.0%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over10.5%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.1%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.9%
+ 9 other households · 30.7%
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
📅
March 1988
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~38 years
Active Duration
1988 → Present
March 1988 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 9EQ 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: 13809
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01034420 and MSOA E02003630 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 9EQ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedMarch 1988
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~38 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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