📅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.
19355
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 19355 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: 1,593
White Brit.84.4%
Other White4.2%
Indian3.4%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.3%
White Irish1.2%
+ 1 other groups · 5.5%
Religion
Total residents: 1,601
Christian53.6%
No religion36.8%
Not answered5.3%
Sikh1.6%
+ other · 2.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,604
50–6425.8%
35–4917.9%
65–7412.7%
25–348.8%
75–848.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.4%
Households
Total households: 641
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children17.8%
All members 66+13.9%
Any member 66+13.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children13.6%
Other10.9%
+ 7 other households · 30.3%
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 8RX 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: 19355
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1. LSOA E01017547 and MSOA E02003617 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK43 8RX is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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