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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
141
Population
290
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
124
England❚MK40 2BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
290
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
235
Single
129
Married
58
Separated
18
Divorced
21
Widowed
9

Health

Population
290
Very good
123
Good
120
Fair
32
Bad
14
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
235
England❚MK40 2BL❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
290
White British
160
White Irish
5
White Other
39
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Mixed Black African
9
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Bangladeshi
16
Asian Other
6
Black African
11
Black Caribbean
8
Black Other
5
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
290
England
206
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
3
Germany
2
Italy
3
Portugal
3
Lithuania
5
Poland
15
Ghana
1
Nigeria
2
Zimbabwe
7
Middle East
5
Bangladesh
6
India
3
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
1
USA
5
Central America
1
South America
2
Carribean
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
290
Christian
142
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
36
Other
6
No religion
77
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
127
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
12
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚MK40 2BL❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
12
Unemployed
18
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
65
Rented - private landlord
53
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
26
Detached
1
Semi detached
10
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
100
Flat - converted
48
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
72
Two people
46
Three people
13
Four people
4
Five people
3
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

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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