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Administrative Areas

Ward
Houghton Hall
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
South West Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
132
Population
326
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚LU5 5BU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
326
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
266
Single
69
Married
137
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
27
Widowed
21

Health

Population
326
Very good
142
Good
97
Fair
62
Bad
20
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
266
England❚LU5 5BU❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
105

Ethnicity

Population
326
White British
284
White Irish
6
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
2
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
4

Country of Birth

Population
326
England
289
Scotland
5
Wales
6
Ireland
7
Nigeria
4
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
India
2
Carribean
4

Religion

Population
326
Christian
234
Buddhist
6
Muslim
2
Other
2
No religion
65
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
146
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
8
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
18
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚LU5 5BU❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
16
Unemployed
10
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
44
Owned with mortgage
50
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
28
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
1
Detached
5
Semi detached
66
Terraced
59
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
25
Two people
57
Three people
23
Four people
19
Five people
6
Six people
2

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019