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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
127
Population
311
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚MK42 8BD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
311
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
247
Single
84
Married
108
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
27
Widowed
18

Health

Population
311
Very good
149
Good
114
Fair
35
Bad
12
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
247
England❚MK42 8BD❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
311
White British
251
White Irish
4
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
23
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
7
Black Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
311
England
274
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Italy
2
Lithuania
1
Poland
5
Nigeria
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
Bangladesh
1
India
11
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
311
Christian
170
Buddhist
5
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
1
Other
15
No religion
102
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
151
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
42
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
16
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚MK42 8BD❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
15
Unemployed
9
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
4
Detached
18
Semi detached
89
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
37
Two people
42
Three people
24
Four people
14
Five people
7
Six people
2
Seven people
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 8BQ MK42 8UE MK42 8UF MK42 8DG MK42 8AP MK42 8DS MK42 8BG MK42 8NT MK42 8NU MK42 8NX MK42 8PD MK42 8NY MK42 8LT MK42 8BB 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