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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
135
Population
335
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚MK42 8LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
335
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
273
Single
82
Married
134
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
34
Widowed
13

Health

Population
335
Very good
158
Good
122
Fair
40
Bad
11
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
273
England❚MK42 8LS❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
335
White British
216
White Other
19
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
73
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
4
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
335
England
265
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
5
Lithuania
3
Poland
6
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
1
India
35

Religion

Population
335
Christian
175
Hindu
23
Muslim
3
Sikh
32
Other
3
No religion
68
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
178
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
11
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
253
England❚MK42 8LS❚
Full-Time employee
121
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
19
Unemployed
10
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
141
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
6
Detached
40
Semi detached
74
Terraced
8
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
15

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
44
Two people
36
Three people
19
Four people
24
Five people
7
Six people
4
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 8BE MK42 8EN MK42 8BD MK42 8BG MK42 8PJ MK42 8PH MK42 8NU MK42 8NX MK42 8PD MK42 8NY MK42 8LT MK42 8BB 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