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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
167
Population
397
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
153
England❚MK40 1QA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
77

Age Groups

Population
397
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
311
Single
143
Married
122
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
21
Widowed
12

Health

Population
397
Very good
193
Good
142
Fair
43
Bad
16
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
311
England❚MK40 1QA❚
Degree or above
28
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
61
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
397
White British
85
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
1
White Other
95
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
11
Asian Pakistani
7
Asian Bangladeshi
120
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
36
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
5
Arab
3
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
397
England
178
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Italy
4
Portugal
3
Lithuania
5
Poland
60
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
Somalia
2
South Africa
3
Middle East
5
China
4
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
63
India
4
Pakistan
1
Sri Lanka
4
Philippines
11
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
397
Christian
137
Buddhist
6
Hindu
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
151
Sikh
4
Other
7
No religion
62
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
189
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
43
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
24
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
15
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
306
England❚MK40 1QA❚
Full-Time employee
134
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
18
Unemployed
30
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
23
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
37
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
11

Housing Tenure

All categoies
167
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
99
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
188
Occupied
167
Unoccupied
21
Detached
11
Semi detached
28
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
59
Flat - converted
21
Flat - in commerical building
29

Household Size

All categoies
167
One person
74
Two people
38
Three people
20
Four people
11
Five people
14
Six people
5
Seven people
1
Eight or over
4

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