📅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.
4869
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 4869 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: 1,884
White Brit.26.9%
Other White20.8%
Indian16.9%
Bangladeshi8.9%
African5.0%
+ 6 other groups · 21.4%
Religion
Total residents: 1,879
Christian47.6%
No religion20.9%
Muslim11.3%
Hindu5.8%
Not answered5.4%
+ 2 other religions · 9.0%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,887
35–4924.6%
25–3418.3%
50–6415.7%
10–159.3%
5–97.4%
+ 5 other age groups · 24.7%
Households
Total households: 707
Other24.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children11.3%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over8.1%
With dependent children6.7%
+ 8 other households · 32.7%
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
📅
May 2007
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~19 years
Active Duration
2007 → Present
May 2007 — Introduced
Postcode MK42 9GY introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 4869
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017474 and MSOA E02003630 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK42 9GY is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedMay 2007
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~19 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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