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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
125
Population
314
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚MK42 7RP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
314
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
258
Single
59
Married
160
Separated
5
Divorced
13
Widowed
21

Health

Population
314
Very good
128
Good
119
Fair
51
Bad
13
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
258
England❚MK42 7RP❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
314
White British
193
White Irish
5
White Other
37
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
6
Asian Indian
44
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
8
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
16

Country of Birth

Population
314
England
233
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
6
Italy
5
Lithuania
10
Poland
11
Turkey
2
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
India
13
Sri Lanka
2
North America - Other
1
Carribean
6

Religion

Population
314
Christian
201
Hindu
22
Muslim
2
Sikh
3
Other
13
No religion
39
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
144
Manufacturing
18
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
17
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚MK42 7RP❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
23
Unemployed
9
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
47
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
15

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
5
Detached
10
Semi detached
112
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
36
Two people
44
Three people
12
Four people
22
Five people
6
Six people
2
Eight or over
3

Nearby postcodes

MK42 7SB MK42 7RR MK42 7SH MK42 7TR MK42 7TP MK42 7JH MK42 7JB MK42 7JP MK42 7RB MK42 7JD MK42 7RD MK42 7JN MK42 7TT MK42 7TS MK42 7RN MK42 7RZ MK42 7RT MK42 7RW MK42 7SX MK42 7AZ MK42 7RL MK42 7RU MK42 7RE MK42 7RQ MK42 7RY MK42 7RG MK42 7RF MK42 7JJ MK42 7LJ MK42 7RJ MK42 7RH

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