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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kempston Rural
Local Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North East Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
218
Population
517
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
163
England❚MK40 4RT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
74
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
517
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
411
Single
121
Married
234
Separated
10
Divorced
27
Widowed
19

Health

Population
517
Very good
293
Good
167
Fair
44
Bad
10
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
411
England❚MK40 4RT❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
66
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
178
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
517
White British
392
White Irish
5
White Other
47
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Asian
6
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
13
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Bangladeshi
7
Asian Other
5
Black African
7
Black Caribbean
13
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
517
England
420
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
10
Wales
3
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
3
Lithuania
2
Poland
17
Kenya
1
Somalia
2
South Africa
6
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
Bangladesh
2
India
5
Pakistan
2
Sri Lanka
3
USA
1
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
517
Christian
345
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Muslim
23
Sikh
10
Other
2
No religion
107
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
251
Manufacturing
20
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
16
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
32
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
30
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
377
England❚MK40 4RT❚
Full-Time employee
149
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
58
Unemployed
8
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
34
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
218
Owned outright
73
Owned with mortgage
82
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
39
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
318
Occupied
218
Unoccupied
100
Detached
176
Semi detached
45
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
41
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
218
One person
56
Two people
88
Three people
33
Four people
24
Five people
14
Six people
1
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK40 4NB MK40 4NG MK40 4NE MK40 4ND MK40 4NQ MK40 4NA MK40 4NF

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