📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Village – less sparse: OA falls within the Village category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 7
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Rural village E1
📅2021 ClassificationSmaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1
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.
26247
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 26247 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: 1,504
White Brit.91.5%
Other White2.7%
White Irish1.2%
White & Black Caribbean1.1%
+ other · 3.5%
Religion
Total residents: 1,503
Christian53.0%
No religion39.3%
Not answered5.8%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,508
50–6425.7%
35–4916.9%
65–7412.8%
75–848.9%
10–157.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.5%
Households
Total households: 635
Any member 66+17.3%
All members 66+16.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children15.0%
Other10.1%
+ 7 other households · 26.3%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:55 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:21 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:55 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:21 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode MK43 7QW introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Village – less sparse: OA falls within the Village category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 7
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural village E1. IMD England rank: 26247
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1. LSOA E01017465 and MSOA E02003617 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK43 7QW is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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