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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 town and fringe
Households
123
Population
325
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚MK40 4ST❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
325
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
16%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
8%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
82
Married
108
Separated
13
Divorced
16
Widowed
1

Health

Population
325
Very good
204
Good
97
Fair
16
Bad
7
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚MK40 4ST❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
84
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
325
White British
237
White Irish
3
White Other
18
Mixed Black Caribbean
9
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
12
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
9
Asian Other
16
Black African
11
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
325
England
265
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
8
Nigeria
2
Somalia
2
South Africa
4
Middle East
1
India
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
325
Christian
168
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Muslim
22
Sikh
5
No religion
102
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
164
Mining
1
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
16
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
219
England❚MK40 4ST❚
Full-Time employee
125
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
16
Unemployed
4
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
25
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
71
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
26
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
159
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
36
Detached
57
Semi detached
23
Terraced
57
Flat - purpose built
20
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
26
Two people
41
Three people
24
Four people
19
Five people
9
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

MK40 4SX MK40 4SZ MK40 4SY MK40 4SE MK40 4GB MK40 4SA MK40 4SW MK40 4SB MK40 4SU MK40 4TS MK40 4SD MK40 4TR MK40 4SG MK40 4GA MK40 4FB MK40 4FA MK40 4GD MK40 4FD MK40 4FU MK40 4TB MK40 4TN MK40 4WN MK40 4WP MK40 4WL MK40 4WJ MK40 4WH MK40 4SS

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