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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
178
Population
601
Males
66%
Females
34%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
163
England❚MK40 2SX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
45
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
70

Age Groups

Population
601
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
86%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
40%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
536
Single
298
Married
140
Civil partnership
2
Separated
24
Divorced
60
Widowed
12

Health

Population
601
Very good
252
Good
223
Fair
86
Bad
30
Very bad
60

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
536
England❚MK40 2SX❚
Degree or above
61
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
90
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
106
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
57
No qualifications
120

Ethnicity

Population
601
White British
292
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
11
White Other
83
Mixed Black Caribbean
17
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
6
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
26
Asian Pakistani
26
Asian Bangladeshi
47
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
12
Black African
26
Black Caribbean
22
Black Other
1
Arab
3
Other
9

Country of Birth

Population
601
England
383
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
11
Wales
1
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
5
Portugal
3
Lithuania
9
Poland
34
Romania
4
Turkey
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
3
Kenya
1
Somalia
2
South Africa
5
Zimbabwe
8
Middle East
3
China
2
Hong Kong
3
Bangladesh
24
India
12
Pakistan
14
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
8
Carribean
11
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
2

Religion

Population
601
Christian
265
Buddhist
4
Hindu
11
Jewish
1
Muslim
88
Sikh
9
Other
3
No religion
175
Not stated
45

Industry

Population
223
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
19
Accommodation and food
30
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
10
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
526
England❚MK40 2SX❚
Full-Time employee
133
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
26
Unemployed
54
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
23
Long-term sick/disabled
28
Student
68
Unemployed 16 - 24
23
Unemployed 50 - 74
9
Unemployed - never worked
11
Unemployed - Long term
20

Housing Tenure

All categoies
178
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
27
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
44
Rented - private landlord
84
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
212
Occupied
178
Unoccupied
34
Detached
6
Semi detached
17
Terraced
48
Flat - purpose built
82
Flat - converted
23
Flat - in commerical building
36

Household Size

All categoies
178
One person
77
Two people
43
Three people
31
Four people
12
Five people
7
Six people
4
Seven people
2
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

MK40 2RH MK40 2HB MK40 2RR MK40 2UD MK40 2JG MK40 2JQ MK40 2PX MK40 2JB MK40 2JT MK40 2HT MK40 2JH MK40 2JJ MK40 2HW MK40 2HH MK40 2HN MK41 7TH MK40 2HL MK41 7TQ MK41 7TE MK40 2HJ MK41 7TG MK40 2TW MK40 2ES MK40 2JF MK40 2EU MK41 7TF MK40 2EX MK40 2TP MK41 7RZ MK41 7RR MK41 7RW MK41 7RP MK41 7RE MK41 7RG MK41 7RS MK41 7RL MK41 7RN MK41 7RF MK41 7RQ MK41 7TB MK40 2JW MK40 2LG MK40 2JY MK41 7TA MK40 2JZ MK40 2TY MK40 2TT MK40 2UA MK40 2TR MK40 2TU MK40 2PL MK40 2FR MK40 2LB MK40 2LF MK40 2LE MK40 2LD MK40 2LA MK40 2LP

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