📅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 hamlet and isolated dwellings F1
📅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.
10583
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 10583 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: 1,591
White Brit.92.7%
Other White2.6%
Indian1.1%
+ other · 3.6%
Religion
Total residents: 1,589
Christian52.7%
No religion38.1%
Not answered6.9%
+ other · 2.2%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,596
50–6428.9%
35–4915.3%
65–7414.6%
25–348.5%
75–848.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 24.6%
Households
Total households: 621
Married or civil partnership couple: No children21.3%
All members 66+13.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.2%
Any member 66+12.1%
Other8.5%
+ 7 other households · 32.9%
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
📅
May 1994
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~32 years
Active Duration
1994 → Present
May 1994 — Introduced
Postcode MK44 2HE 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 hamlet and isolated dwellings F1. IMD England rank: 10583
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1. LSOA E01017543 and MSOA E02003619 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK44 2HE is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedMay 1994
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~32 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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