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Administrative Areas

Ward
Castle
Local Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
144
Population
355
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
125
England❚MK42 9AT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
51

Age Groups

Population
355
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
283
Single
109
Married
123
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
25
Widowed
13

Health

Population
355
Very good
163
Good
135
Fair
44
Bad
8
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
283
England❚MK42 9AT❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
37
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
355
White British
89
White Irish
11
White Other
62
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
111
Asian Pakistani
12
Asian Bangladeshi
18
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
12
Black African
16
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
4
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
355
England
179
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
4
Germany
5
Italy
8
Portugal
5
Spain
1
Lithuania
4
Poland
17
Romania
17
Turkey
2
Ghana
1
Nigeria
7
Kenya
2
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
2
Bangladesh
9
India
53
Pakistan
8
Philippines
10
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
355
Christian
150
Buddhist
1
Hindu
24
Muslim
34
Sikh
23
Other
22
No religion
62
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
168
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
20
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
8
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
267
England❚MK42 9AT❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
20
Unemployed
22
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
39
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
24
Shared ownership
13
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
19
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
163
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
19
Detached
11
Semi detached
34
Terraced
59
Flat - purpose built
42
Flat - converted
13
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
60
Two people
24
Three people
25
Four people
19
Five people
6
Six people
7
Seven people
1
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

MK42 9DN MK42 9AN MK42 9AX MK42 9BA MK42 9AD MK40 1TE MK40 1TH MK40 1TU MK40 1RB MK40 1QX MK40 1RD MK40 1PX MK40 1QA MK40 1AS MK40 1AT MK40 1AR MK40 1RA MK40 1AY MK40 1SQ MK42 9BP MK42 9EY MK42 9EZ MK42 9BJ MK42 0JY MK42 0AB MK42 0DL MK42 0FT MK42 0FW MK42 0AH MK42 0DH MK42 0AQ MK42 0RL MK42 0BE MK42 0BN MK42 0AS MK42 0AR MK42 0AU MK42 0AT MK42 0BJ MK42 0AX MK40 1RN MK40 1AN MK40 3FA MK40 1RW MK42 0AL MK42 0JZ MK42 0AY MK42 0AF MK42 0AE MK42 0BS MK42 0BU MK40 3PA MK40 3NZ MK40 3NY

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