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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
345
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚MK42 6EX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
345
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
86
Married
127
Separated
10
Divorced
21
Widowed
31

Health

Population
345
Very good
157
Good
137
Fair
37
Bad
11
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚MK42 6EX❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
84
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
345
White British
300
White Irish
5
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
345
England
309
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
7
Ireland
4
Germany
3
Spain
1
Poland
2
Turkey
1
South Africa
4
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
2
Pakistan
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
345
Christian
217
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Muslim
4
Sikh
4
Other
4
No religion
93
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
181
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
16
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚MK42 6EX❚
Full-Time employee
124
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
27
Unemployed
11
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
71
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
10
Detached
64
Semi detached
43
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
20
Two people
47
Three people
31
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

MK45 3PD MK42 6BA MK42 6BD MK42 6AQ MK42 6AN

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