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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
122
Population
349
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚MK42 7TJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
349
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
273
Single
92
Married
132
Civil partnership
4
Separated
7
Divorced
21
Widowed
17

Health

Population
349
Very good
160
Good
124
Fair
41
Bad
18
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
273
England❚MK42 7TJ❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
27
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
349
White British
222
White Irish
1
White Other
18
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
7
Asian Indian
46
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Other
20
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
10
Black Other
7
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
349
England
276
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
2
France
2
Italy
6
Poland
3
Ghana
1
Kenya
1
India
27
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
1
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
349
Christian
161
Hindu
14
Muslim
12
Sikh
25
Other
19
No religion
99
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
157
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
46
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
10
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
256
England❚MK42 7TJ❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
25
Unemployed
19
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
32
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
5
Detached
22
Semi detached
52
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
25
Two people
35
Three people
21
Four people
24
Five people
10
Six people
5
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