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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
186
Population
489
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
173
England❚LU5 5UT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
53
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
55

Age Groups

Population
489
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
332
Single
158
Married
120
Separated
16
Divorced
32
Widowed
6

Health

Population
489
Very good
242
Good
171
Fair
52
Bad
20
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
332
England❚LU5 5UT❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
69
Apprenticeship
67
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
82

Ethnicity

Population
489
White British
384
White Irish
14
White Gypsy
18
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
10
Asian Pakistani
13
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
6
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
489
England
433
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
10
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
8
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
7
India
5
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
2
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
489
Christian
245
Buddhist
6
Hindu
4
Muslim
14
Sikh
5
Other
4
No religion
184
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
219
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
23
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
15
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
326
England❚LU5 5UT❚
Full-Time employee
146
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
23
Unemployed
19
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
24
Long-term sick/disabled
27
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
186
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
70
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
79
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
200
Occupied
186
Unoccupied
14
Detached
41
Semi detached
64
Terraced
67
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
186
One person
51
Two people
49
Three people
32
Four people
37
Five people
10
Six people
5
Eight or over
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