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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kempston West
Local Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
136
Population
262
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚MK42 7AA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
262
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
224
Single
57
Married
103
Separated
8
Divorced
28
Widowed
28

Health

Population
262
Very good
90
Good
101
Fair
53
Bad
15
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
224
England❚MK42 7AA❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
66

Ethnicity

Population
262
White British
199
White Irish
3
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
15
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Other
3
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
5
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
262
England
224
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
3
Italy
3
Lithuania
6
Poland
2
Nigeria
3
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
1
India
4
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
262
Christian
178
Buddhist
1
Hindu
11
Muslim
8
Sikh
5
Other
1
No religion
44
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
126
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
17
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
186
England❚MK42 7AA❚
Full-Time employee
77
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
13
Unemployed
6
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
14
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
19
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
6
Detached
9
Semi detached
29
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
55
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
59
Two people
48
Three people
16
Four people
8
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK42 7FA MK42 7EA MK42 7EG MK42 7AR MK42 7AS MK42 7AT MK42 7BS MK42 7AL MK42 7LG MK42 7AJ MK42 7EQ MK42 7EN MK42 7EH MK42 7EP MK42 7EJ MK42 7EL MK42 7BF MK42 7BT MK42 7LW MK42 7BA MK42 7AB MK42 8ET MK42 8JN MK42 8JL MK42 8ER MK42 8ES MK42 8JP MK42 8TL MK42 8EG MK42 8EP MK42 8PB MK42 8HE MK42 8JU MK42 8HF MK42 7QA MK42 7PT MK42 8JX MK42 7JS MK42 7JT MK42 7JU MK42 8EX MK42 7JX MK42 8HG MK42 8JG MK42 8JQ MK42 8PS MK42 8QH MK42 8AY MK42 8JT MK42 8QA MK42 8QB MK42 8PP MK42 8HP MK42 8QD

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