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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
134
Population
385
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚MK42 7HS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
385
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
298
Single
96
Married
135
Separated
17
Divorced
26
Widowed
24

Health

Population
385
Very good
170
Good
126
Fair
59
Bad
21
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
298
England❚MK42 7HS❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
111

Ethnicity

Population
385
White British
289
White Irish
4
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
13
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
30
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
5
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
7
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
385
England
325
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
4
Italy
8
Poland
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
8
India
11
Pakistan
1
USA
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
385
Christian
208
Buddhist
3
Hindu
8
Muslim
4
Sikh
13
Other
6
No religion
116
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
159
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
15
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
262
England❚MK42 7HS❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
25
Unemployed
23
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
7
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
50
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
5
Detached
11
Semi detached
41
Terraced
84
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
30
Two people
35
Three people
30
Four people
20
Five people
16
Six people
3

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