📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
📅2021 ClassificationUrban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
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.
26594
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 26594 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: 1,843
White Brit.89.4%
Other White2.6%
White & Black Caribbean1.9%
White Irish1.6%
+ other · 4.4%
Religion
Total residents: 1,841
Christian48.0%
No religion46.1%
Not answered4.8%
+ other · 1.1%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,836
35–4920.8%
50–6419.7%
25–3413.6%
65–748.8%
10–157.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.6%
Households
Total households: 795
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.4%
Any member 66+14.0%
Other12.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.8%
All members 66+8.8%
+ 8 other households · 33.2%
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
📅
November 2009
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~17 years
Active Duration
2009 → Present
November 2009 — Introduced
Postcode MK45 2FX introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 26594
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01017372 and MSOA E02003610 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK45 2FX is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedNovember 2009
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~17 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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