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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wilshamstead
Local Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
123
Population
317
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚MK42 6BA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
317
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
15%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
36%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
1%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
229
Single
124
Married
79
Separated
6
Divorced
18
Widowed
2

Health

Population
317
Very good
199
Good
95
Fair
19
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
229
England❚MK42 6BA❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
317
White British
252
White Irish
1
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
14
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
9
Asian Other
1
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
5
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
317
England
281
Scotland
7
Wales
2
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
3
Ghana
1
Zimbabwe
4
India
1
Pakistan
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
317
Christian
156
Muslim
19
Sikh
3
No religion
131
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
181
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
21
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
227
England❚MK42 6BA❚
Full-Time employee
133
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
18
Unemployed
9
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
2
Owned with mortgage
47
Shared ownership
22
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
44
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
7
Detached
25
Semi detached
42
Terraced
60
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
14
Two people
57
Three people
31
Four people
13
Five people
6
Seven people
2

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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