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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
143
Population
341
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚MK42 7LG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
341
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
87
Married
119
Separated
9
Divorced
26
Widowed
12

Health

Population
341
Very good
158
Good
126
Fair
41
Bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
England❚MK42 7LG❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
341
White British
246
White Irish
7
White Other
21
Mixed Black Caribbean
8
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
10
Asian Pakistani
8
Asian Bangladeshi
8
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
11
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
7
Black Other
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
341
England
283
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
6
Germany
1
Italy
2
Poland
3
Turkey
2
Zimbabwe
2
China
1
Bangladesh
4
India
3
Pakistan
2
Sri Lanka
2
Carribean
4

Religion

Population
341
Christian
177
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Muslim
26
Sikh
5
Other
6
No religion
100
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
172
Manufacturing
15
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
20
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
242
England❚MK42 7LG❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
27
Unemployed
11
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
50
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
31
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
150
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
7
Detached
26
Semi detached
44
Terraced
57
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
45
Two people
43
Three people
32
Four people
12
Five people
5
Six people
4
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK42 7FA MK42 7EA MK42 7EG MK42 7AT MK42 7BS MK42 7EN MK42 7EH MK42 7EP MK42 7EJ MK42 7EL MK42 7BF MK42 7BT MK42 7BX MK42 7LW MK42 7AH MK42 7AU MK42 7BA MK42 7AX MK42 7AA 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 8PY MK42 8PX MK42 8PS MK42 8QQ 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