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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
155
Population
350
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
131
England❚MK42 8EA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
45
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
350
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
280
Single
97
Married
123
Separated
12
Divorced
33
Widowed
15

Health

Population
350
Very good
187
Good
100
Fair
42
Bad
19
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
280
England❚MK42 8EA❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
23
No qualifications
53

Ethnicity

Population
350
White British
253
White Irish
5
White Other
32
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
20
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
8
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
4
Arab
4

Country of Birth

Population
350
England
272
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Italy
2
Lithuania
4
Poland
14
Romania
4
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
3
India
11
Pakistan
3
USA
3
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
350
Christian
200
Hindu
7
Muslim
13
Sikh
3
Other
8
No religion
92
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
192
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
10
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚MK42 8EA❚
Full-Time employee
127
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
20
Unemployed
13
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
155
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
59
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
42
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
163
Occupied
155
Unoccupied
8
Detached
16
Semi detached
62
Terraced
68
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
7

Household Size

All categoies
155
One person
52
Two people
49
Three people
25
Four people
22
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK42 7LA MK42 7LB MK42 7LU MK42 7LD MK42 8EH MK42 8HD MK42 7JW MK42 7LX MK42 7JL MK42 8HB MK42 7LT MK42 7ND MK42 8HA MK42 8HL MK42 8HN MK42 8HT MK42 8HU MK42 8HR MK42 8HS MK42 8JY MK42 8JH MK42 8HZ MK42 8JD MK42 8JA MK42 8HX MK42 8JE MK42 8EB MK42 7LS MK42 7LL MK42 7LP MK42 7LR MK42 7NA MK42 7PJ MK42 7PP MK42 7PR MK42 7PL MK42 7NB MK42 7LH MK42 8HJ MK42 7PF MK42 7PG MK42 7PH MK42 7PE MK42 7PS MK42 7NS MK42 7PD MK42 7PA MK42 7PB MK42 7NX MK42 8HH MK42 8DX MK42 8DU MK42 8JB MK42 8DT MK42 8NN MK42 8SS MK42 8PF MK42 8NQ MK42 8PE MK42 8NW

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