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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
143
Population
377
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚MK42 7PD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
377
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
292
Single
103
Married
149
Separated
3
Divorced
23
Widowed
14

Health

Population
377
Very good
164
Good
155
Fair
47
Bad
8
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
292
England❚MK42 7PD❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
25
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
377
White British
235
White Irish
3
White Other
29
Mixed Black African
7
Mixed Asian
7
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
58
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
4
Black African
11
Black Caribbean
7
Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
377
England
282
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Ireland
2
Germany
5
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Spain
2
Poland
15
Ghana
2
Kenya
4
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
5
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
4
India
32
USA
1
Carribean
6

Religion

Population
377
Christian
241
Buddhist
1
Hindu
6
Muslim
6
Sikh
18
Other
5
No religion
72
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
196
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
19
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
279
England❚MK42 7PD❚
Full-Time employee
135
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
15
Unemployed
11
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
59
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
1
Detached
20
Semi detached
61
Terraced
44
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
11

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
27
Two people
49
Three people
34
Four people
18
Five people
12
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

MK42 7LA MK42 7LB MK42 7LU MK42 7LD MK42 8EH MK42 8HD MK42 7JW MK42 7LX MK42 7JL MK42 8HB MK42 7LT MK42 7ND MK42 8HA MK42 8HL MK42 8HN MK42 8HT MK42 8HU MK42 8HR MK42 8HS MK42 8JY MK42 8JH MK42 8HZ MK42 8JD MK42 8JA MK42 8HX MK42 8JF MK42 8JE MK42 8EB MK42 7LP MK42 7LR MK42 7PL MK42 7NB MK42 7LH MK42 8HJ MK42 7PF MK42 7PG MK42 7PH MK42 7PE MK42 7PS MK42 7NS MK42 7PA MK42 7NX MK42 8HH MK42 8DX MK42 8DU MK42 8JB MK42 8EA MK42 8DT MK42 8NN MK42 8SS MK42 8PF MK42 8NQ MK42 8PE MK42 8NW

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