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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
130
Population
234
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
64
England❚MK42 8SL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
234
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
36%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
25%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
215
Single
43
Married
107
Separated
3
Divorced
18
Widowed
44

Health

Population
234
Very good
75
Good
88
Fair
50
Bad
18
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
215
England❚MK42 8SL❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
31
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
234
White British
168
White Irish
2
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
27
Asian Other
2
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
234
England
175
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Italy
10
Spain
1
Poland
7
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
2
India
15
Sri Lanka
2
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
234
Christian
153
Hindu
12
Muslim
5
Sikh
9
No religion
46
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
98
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
6
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
157
England❚MK42 8SL❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
5
Unemployed
3
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
28
Shared ownership
21
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
29
Rented - private landlord
15
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
2
Detached
30
Semi detached
31
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
38

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
65
Two people
43
Three people
12
Four people
5
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK42 8NS MK42 8NB MK42 8LL MK42 8LR MK42 8TD MK42 8TB MK42 8NG MK42 8LX MK42 8LU MK42 8TG MK42 8TQ MK42 8TE MK42 8TF MK42 8AJ MK42 8DF MK42 8AQ MK42 8AL MK42 8SW MK42 8DE MK42 9AZ MK42 9QG MK42 9QA MK42 9BW MK42 9PX MK42 9PU MK42 9PP MK42 9BL

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