📅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.
22918
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 22918 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: 2,094
White Brit.77.4%
Other White3.8%
Indian3.7%
African2.3%
White & Black Caribbean2.3%
+ 4 other groups · 10.4%
Religion
Total residents: 2,088
Christian53.2%
No religion34.3%
Not answered4.8%
Muslim3.5%
Hindu1.7%
+ 1 other religions · 2.4%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,095
35–4920.3%
50–6419.6%
65–7411.6%
25–349.1%
10–158.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.5%
Households
Total households: 833
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.0%
All members 66+14.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.6%
Any member 66+11.2%
Other11.0%
+ 7 other households · 32.4%
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
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode MK44 2RJ 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: 22918
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1. LSOA E01034412 and MSOA E02003619 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK44 2RJ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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