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MK42 6

Postcode sector

126 live postcodes: 116 in Bedford, 10 in Central Bedfordshire.

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, which holds 92% of MK42 6’s postcodes. Open the map at MK42 6 for neighbourhoods and points. Open the map at MK42 6

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

17 of Bedford’s 117 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.

Bedford, the council that holds 92% of MK42 6

Average house price
£333,824
Up 3.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,214
116th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.1×
Joint 130th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.7
Joint 138th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only

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Councils in MK42 6

Postcodes in MK42 6