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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
127
Population
319
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚MK40 2WN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
129
Married
89
Separated
11
Divorced
15
Widowed
12

Health

Population
319
Very good
157
Good
105
Fair
35
Bad
16
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚MK40 2WN❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
88
Other qualifications
32
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
110
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
61
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
18
Asian Pakistani
27
Asian Bangladeshi
32
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
23
Black African
16
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
1
Other
11

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
160
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
6
Portugal
2
Spain
1
Lithuania
5
Poland
30
Romania
2
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
Zimbabwe
7
Bangladesh
21
India
13
Pakistan
9
Philippines
12
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
147
Hindu
14
Jewish
1
Muslim
75
Sikh
2
Other
2
No religion
65
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
156
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
4
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
23
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
248
England❚MK40 2WN❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
9
Unemployed
21
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
33
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
20
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
67
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
155
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
28
Detached
2
Semi detached
11
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
101
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
44
Two people
33
Three people
28
Four people
9
Five people
7
Six people
5
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

MK40 1AX MK40 1BH MK40 1DE MK40 1DN MK40 1DW MK40 1QE MK40 1QN MK40 1QT MK40 1QU MK40 1TF MK40 1TT MK40 4DN MK40 4DP MK40 4EA MK40 4EB MK40 4FP MK40 4FT MK40 4FW MK40 4FX MK40 4FZ MK40 4HY MK40 4JA MK40 4JD MK40 4JE MK40 4JF MK40 4JG MK40 4JH MK40 4JL MK40 4JN MK40 4LP MK40 4LR MK40 4LS MK40 4LU MK40 4LW MK42 9BH MK42 9BX MK42 9BY MK42 9DA MK42 9EX MK42 9GQ

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