# MK45 6: postcode sector in Bedford 1 live postcode, 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 MK45 6 for neighbourhoods and points. In: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) › [MK45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk45) ## 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: 1 - 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 MK45 6 [MK45 6AG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk45-6ag) ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk45-6. 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 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk45-6