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Administrative Areas

Ward
Castle
Local Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
125
Population
310
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚MK40 1PT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
61

Age Groups

Population
310
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
36%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
133
Married
79
Civil partnership
1
Separated
10
Divorced
21
Widowed
12

Health

Population
310
Very good
126
Good
123
Fair
44
Bad
10
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚MK40 1PT❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
42
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
310
White British
103
White Irish
1
White Other
74
Mixed Black Caribbean
11
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
23
Asian Pakistani
9
Asian Bangladeshi
38
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
10
Black African
20
Black Caribbean
8
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
310
England
160
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
2
Wales
2
France
2
Germany
1
Italy
9
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Lithuania
6
Poland
39
Romania
1
Ghana
2
Nigeria
1
Kenya
5
Somalia
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
14
India
15
Pakistan
9
Philippines
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
310
Christian
146
Buddhist
1
Hindu
9
Muslim
52
Sikh
1
Other
14
No religion
68
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
151
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
8
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
240
England❚MK40 1PT❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
7
Unemployed
26
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
40
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
77
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
185
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
60
Detached
6
Semi detached
21
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
37
Flat - converted
91
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
53
Two people
28
Three people
16
Four people
10
Five people
8
Six people
7
Eight or over
3

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