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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
125
Population
351
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚MK42 7EX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
351
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
264
Single
104
Married
106
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
26
Widowed
21

Health

Population
351
Very good
142
Good
134
Fair
50
Bad
17
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
264
England❚MK42 7EX❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
351
White British
240
White Other
28
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
5
Mixed Asian
7
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
17
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
19
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
9
Arab
1
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
351
England
279
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
3
Portugal
4
Spain
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
3
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
3
Middle East
1
India
7
Pakistan
2
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
351
Christian
198
Buddhist
5
Hindu
6
Muslim
32
Sikh
4
No religion
85
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
136
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
19
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
238
England❚MK42 7EX❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
22
Unemployed
14
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
28
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
44
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
7
Detached
7
Semi detached
65
Terraced
42
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
26
Two people
35
Three people
25
Four people
23
Five people
11
Six people
3
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

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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