📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1
📅2021 ClassificationLarger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1
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.
31481
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 31481 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: 2,511
White Brit.87.2%
Other White4.2%
White & Black Caribbean1.9%
Indian1.4%
+ other · 5.3%
Religion
Total residents: 2,513
Christian52.7%
No religion39.1%
Not answered5.5%
+ other · 2.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,510
35–4919.9%
50–6419.8%
65–7413.0%
10–159.9%
25–348.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.5%
Households
Total households: 976
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children22.0%
All members 66+15.2%
Any member 66+14.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent7.4%
+ 7 other households · 29.5%
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
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode MK43 7RJ introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1. IMD England rank: 31481
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1. LSOA E01017528 and MSOA E02003618 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK43 7RJ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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