📅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.
29227
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 29227 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: 2,535
White Brit.89.7%
Other White2.5%
White Irish2.4%
Indian1.1%
+ other · 4.3%
Religion
Total residents: 2,537
Christian56.7%
No religion35.7%
Not answered5.0%
+ other · 2.6%
Age groups
Total residents: 2,545
50–6424.2%
35–4919.5%
65–7413.0%
10–158.4%
25–348.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.0%
Households
Total households: 982
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children20.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children16.6%
All members 66+14.9%
Any member 66+9.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent7.8%
+ 8 other households · 30.3%
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
📅
July 2004
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~22 years
Active Duration
2004 → Present
July 2004 — Introduced
Postcode MK45 5DQ introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural village E1. IMD England rank: 29227
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1. LSOA E01017398 and MSOA E02003615 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK45 5DQ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJuly 2004
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~22 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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