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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
131
Population
436
Males
58%
Females
42%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚MK40 1XD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
60

Age Groups

Population
436
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
37%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
357
Single
197
Married
112
Separated
11
Divorced
20
Widowed
17

Health

Population
436
Very good
190
Good
164
Fair
57
Bad
18
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
357
England❚MK40 1XD❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
64
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
47
No qualifications
88

Ethnicity

Population
436
White British
105
White Irish
8
White Gypsy
1
White Other
58
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
31
Asian Pakistani
9
Asian Bangladeshi
146
Asian Chinese
10
Asian Other
12
Black African
15
Black Caribbean
17
Black Other
1
Arab
2
Other
8

Country of Birth

Population
436
England
237
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
7
France
1
Italy
7
Portugal
4
Spain
3
Lithuania
6
Poland
27
Romania
1
Nigeria
4
Kenya
3
South Africa
1
Middle East
8
China
2
Hong Kong
7
Bangladesh
61
India
17
Pakistan
4
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
2
USA
2
Carribean
9

Religion

Population
436
Christian
114
Hindu
6
Muslim
165
Sikh
11
Other
20
No religion
100
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
184
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
18
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
18
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
15
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
340
England❚MK40 1XD❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
16
Unemployed
38
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
24
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
53
Unemployed 16 - 24
16
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
15

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
66
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
23
Detached
5
Semi detached
33
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
39
Flat - converted
47

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
50
Two people
24
Three people
20
Four people
5
Five people
8
Six people
9
Seven people
5
Eight or over
10

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