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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
133
Population
353
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚LU5 5HL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
353
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
258
Single
98
Married
92
Separated
7
Divorced
29
Widowed
32

Health

Population
353
Very good
165
Good
118
Fair
56
Bad
13
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
258
England❚LU5 5HL❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
59
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
89

Ethnicity

Population
353
White British
295
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
2
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
9
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
3
Black African
7
Black Caribbean
6
Black Other
1
Arab
3
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
353
England
310
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
4
France
1
Poland
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
5
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
4
Pakistan
1
South America
1
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
353
Christian
179
Buddhist
2
Hindu
4
Jewish
2
Muslim
6
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
118
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
131
Manufacturing
13
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
10
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚LU5 5HL❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
10
Unemployed
17
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
34
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
56
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
7
Detached
6
Semi detached
29
Terraced
99
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
29
Two people
38
Three people
32
Four people
24
Five people
7
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

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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