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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
172
Population
423
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
162
England❚MK42 8SW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
59

Age Groups

Population
423
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
17%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
126
Married
121
Civil partnership
2
Separated
9
Divorced
38
Widowed
7

Health

Population
423
Very good
200
Good
184
Fair
27
Bad
10
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚MK42 8SW❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
65
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
25
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
423
White British
263
White Gypsy
1
White Other
54
Mixed Black Caribbean
19
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
9
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
33
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Other
7
Black African
13
Black Caribbean
11
Black Other
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
423
England
337
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Germany
6
Italy
3
Lithuania
7
Poland
16
Romania
2
Ghana
1
Zimbabwe
8
Bangladesh
2
India
16
Sri Lanka
1
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
423
Christian
240
Buddhist
3
Hindu
2
Muslim
9
Sikh
16
No religion
113
Not stated
40

Industry

Population
204
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
53
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
7
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
20
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
294
England❚MK42 8SW❚
Full-Time employee
142
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
11
Unemployed
25
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
14

Housing Tenure

All categoies
172
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
62
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
38
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
182
Occupied
172
Unoccupied
10
Detached
4
Semi detached
51
Terraced
74
Flat - purpose built
51
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
172
One person
42
Two people
49
Three people
48
Four people
28
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK42 8NS MK42 8NB MK42 8LR MK42 8TD MK42 8TB MK42 8LU MK42 8TG MK42 8TQ MK42 8TE MK42 8TF MK42 8SL MK42 8ST MK42 8SY MK42 8SJ MK42 8SP MK42 8AJ MK42 8DF MK42 8AQ MK42 8AL MK42 8SN 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