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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
125
Population
305
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚MK42 8DU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
255
Single
62
Married
149
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
18

Health

Population
305
Very good
143
Good
104
Fair
48
Bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
255
England❚MK42 8DU❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
76

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
224
White Irish
2
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
11
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
33
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
2
Black African
11
Arab
3
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
246
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Italy
8
Poland
4
Kenya
2
Somalia
1
Middle East
3
Hong Kong
3
India
15
Sri Lanka
2
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
305
Christian
182
Hindu
6
Muslim
1
Sikh
3
Other
11
No religion
82
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
152
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
19
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
222
England❚MK42 8DU❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
13
Unemployed
8
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
7
Detached
52
Semi detached
71
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
33
Two people
42
Three people
22
Four people
20
Five people
7
Seven people
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