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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
277
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚MK42 8JA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
236
Single
67
Married
120
Separated
8
Divorced
22
Widowed
19

Health

Population
277
Very good
118
Good
106
Fair
39
Bad
7
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
236
England❚MK42 8JA❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
27
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
174
White Irish
3
White Other
31
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Asian Indian
52
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Black Caribbean
6
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
211
Scotland
5
Wales
4
Ireland
5
Germany
2
Italy
6
Lithuania
1
Poland
8
Turkey
2
Kenya
1
Bangladesh
1
India
20
Carribean
4

Religion

Population
277
Christian
180
Hindu
2
Muslim
7
Sikh
17
Other
7
No religion
39
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
212
England❚MK42 8JA❚
Full-Time employee
95
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
8
Unemployed
12
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
4
Detached
12
Semi detached
63
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
29
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
40
Two people
42
Three people
26
Four people
12
Five people
4
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