# MK40 9: postcode sector in Bedford

21 live postcodes, all in Bedford.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Bedford. Open the map at MK40 9 for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) › [MK40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £330,462** (August 2026). Bedford’s average house price was £330,462 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £41,214** (2025). Full-time workers living in Bedford earned a median of £41,214 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 116th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.0×** (2025). A home in Bedford costs 8.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 133rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.7** (2025). Bedford has a deprivation score of 19.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 138th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## About

- Type: Postcode sector
- Live postcodes: 21
- Council: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford)
- Centre: 52.1343, -0.4754

Council: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bedford): Mohammad Yasin (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Postcodes in MK40 9

[MK40 9EB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9eb), [MK40 9EN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9en), [MK40 9FJ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9fj), [MK40 9FR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9fr), [MK40 9FZ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9fz), [MK40 9GD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9gd), [MK40 9GG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9gg), [MK40 9GL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9gl), [MK40 9GN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9gn), [MK40 9GP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9gp), [MK40 9GU](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9gu), [MK40 9HA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9ha), [MK40 9HD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9hd), [MK40 9HE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9he), [MK40 9HG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9hg), [MK40 9HH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9hh), [MK40 9HJ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9hj), [MK40 9HL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9hl), [MK40 9HN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9hn), [MK40 9HQ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9hq), [MK40 9HR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9hr)

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9