📅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.
21302
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 21302 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: 1,454
White Brit.88.0%
Other White3.1%
Indian1.6%
White Irish1.6%
White & Black Caribbean1.1%
+ other · 4.5%
Religion
Total residents: 1,446
Christian51.4%
No religion40.8%
Not answered5.0%
+ other · 2.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,454
50–6427.4%
35–4917.5%
65–7412.2%
10–158.7%
25–348.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.3%
Households
Total households: 594
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children17.9%
All members 66+13.1%
Other11.1%
Any member 66+10.1%
+ 7 other households · 29.1%
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
📅
June 2000
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~26 years
Active Duration
2000 → Present
June 2000 — Introduced
Postcode MK44 1AP 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: 21302
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1. LSOA E01017545 and MSOA E02003616 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK44 1AP is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJune 2000
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~26 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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