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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kempston Central and East
Local Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
122
Population
315
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚MK42 8BB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
315
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
92
Married
131
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
5

Health

Population
315
Very good
157
Good
107
Fair
43
Bad
3
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚MK42 8BB❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
315
White British
199
White Irish
4
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
9
Asian Indian
31
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
13
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
15
Black Other
6
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
315
England
254
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
5
Poland
5
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
1
India
17
Pakistan
1
Sri Lanka
6
Philippines
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
315
Christian
160
Hindu
15
Muslim
4
Sikh
20
Other
6
No religion
87
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
175
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
45
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
18
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
238
England❚MK42 8BB❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
34
Unemployed
5
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
63
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
12
Detached
19
Semi detached
90
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
32
Two people
37
Three people
22
Four people
19
Five people
7
Six people
4
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

MK42 8BL MK42 8DA MK42 8AX MK42 8LB MK42 8JZ MK42 8DL MK42 8BH MK42 8DD MK42 8AU MK42 8DH MK42 8AT MK42 8DN MK42 8DW MK42 8DR MK42 8ED MK42 8UE MK42 8UF MK42 8DG MK42 8AP MK42 8DS MK42 8BE MK42 8EN MK42 8BD MK42 8PJ MK42 8PH MK42 8NT MK42 8NU MK42 8NX MK42 8LT MK42 8BA MK42 8PA MK42 8NZ MK42 8LS MK42 8LP MK42 8SH MK42 8SX

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