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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
346
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚MK40 3ZZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
346
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
78
Married
112
Civil partnership
1
Separated
8
Divorced
37
Widowed
19

Health

Population
346
Very good
144
Good
127
Fair
49
Bad
23
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚MK40 3ZZ❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
28
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
94

Ethnicity

Population
346
White British
203
White Irish
10
White Other
47
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
7
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
7
Asian Bangladeshi
37
Black African
7
Black Caribbean
11
Arab
1
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
346
England
256
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
11
Italy
8
Lithuania
2
Poland
25
Kenya
2
Bangladesh
14
India
3
USA
1
South America
1
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
346
Christian
228
Muslim
38
Sikh
4
No religion
54
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
142
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
7
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚MK40 3ZZ❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
8
Unemployed
12
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
47
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
18
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
1
Detached
16
Semi detached
58
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
41
Two people
33
Three people
21
Four people
17
Five people
11
Six people
5
Seven people
1
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

MK42 0BH MK42 0BT MK42 0BX MK40 3PB MK40 3PD MK40 3PW MK40 3PE MK40 3PF

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