# MK42 5: postcode sector in Bedford 40 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 MK42 5 for neighbourhoods and points. In: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) › [MK42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42) ## 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: 40 - Council: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) - Centre: 52.1329, -0.4708 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 MK42 5 [MK42 5AQ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5aq), [MK42 5BZ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5bz), [MK42 5DT](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5dt), [MK42 5DZ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5dz), [MK42 5SA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sa), [MK42 5SB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sb), [MK42 5SD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sd), [MK42 5SE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5se), [MK42 5SF](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sf), [MK42 5SG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sg), [MK42 5SH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sh), [MK42 5SJ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sj), [MK42 5SL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sl), [MK42 5SN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sn), [MK42 5SP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sp), [MK42 5SQ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sq), [MK42 5SR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sr), [MK42 5SS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5ss), [MK42 5ST](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5st), [MK42 5SU](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5su), [MK42 5SW](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sw), [MK42 5SX](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sx), [MK42 5SY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sy), [MK42 5SZ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5sz), [MK42 5TA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5ta), [MK42 5TB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tb), [MK42 5TD](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5td), [MK42 5TE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5te), [MK42 5TF](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tf), [MK42 5TG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tg), [MK42 5TH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5th), [MK42 5TJ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tj), [MK42 5TL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tl), [MK42 5TN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tn), [MK42 5TP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tp), [MK42 5TQ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tq), [MK42 5TR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tr), [MK42 5TS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5ts), [MK42 5TT](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5tt), [MK42 5ZZ](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5zz) ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-5