📅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.
28713
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 28713 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: 1,881
White Brit.82.5%
Indian3.4%
Other White3.2%
African2.1%
White & Black Caribbean1.9%
+ 2 other groups · 7.0%
Religion
Total residents: 1,884
Christian48.2%
No religion41.9%
Not answered3.9%
Sikh2.3%
Muslim1.9%
+ 1 other religions · 1.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,882
35–4921.2%
50–6420.8%
25–3411.8%
10–158.8%
65–748.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.8%
Households
Total households: 731
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children22.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children13.5%
Other13.0%
All members 66+9.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.1%
+ 7 other households · 33.5%
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
📅
December 1998
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~28 years
Active Duration
1998 → Present
December 1998 — Introduced
Postcode MK43 9FE 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: 28713
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1. LSOA E01034425 and MSOA E02003635 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK43 9FE is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedDecember 1998
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~28 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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