📅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.
28019
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 28019 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: 2,248
White Brit.89.4%
Other White3.5%
White & Black Caribbean1.6%
African1.1%
+ other · 4.5%
Religion
Total residents: 2,250
Christian54.4%
No religion38.4%
Not answered5.2%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,251
35–4921.8%
50–6421.0%
65–7410.5%
25–349.6%
10–157.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.2%
Households
Total households: 931
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.9%
Other12.7%
All members 66+12.7%
Any member 66+10.6%
+ 7 other households · 32.3%
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
📅
August 2010
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~16 years
Active Duration
2010 → Present
August 2010 — Introduced
Postcode MK44 3DF introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1. IMD England rank: 28019
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1. LSOA E01017495 and MSOA E02003619 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK44 3DF is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedAugust 2010
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~16 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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