📅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.
30749
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 30749 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: 1,443
White Brit.91.3%
Other White3.2%
White Irish1.2%
+ other · 4.3%
Religion
Total residents: 1,442
Christian55.3%
No religion39.1%
Not answered3.9%
+ other · 1.7%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,447
50–6421.7%
35–4916.9%
65–7413.6%
75–8410.2%
25–347.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.3%
Households
Total households: 609
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.7%
All members 66+18.4%
Any member 66+14.3%
Other12.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.8%
+ 6 other households · 24.1%
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
📅
December 1995
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~31 years
Active Duration
1995 → Present
December 1995 — Introduced
Postcode MK44 1JQ 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: 30749
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1. LSOA E01017544 and MSOA E02003616 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK44 1JQ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedDecember 1995
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~31 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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