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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
178
Population
445
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
146
England❚MK42 9DQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
62

Age Groups

Population
445
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
355
Single
140
Married
146
Separated
17
Divorced
36
Widowed
16

Health

Population
445
Very good
186
Good
168
Fair
63
Bad
24
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
355
England❚MK42 9DQ❚
Degree or above
55
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
49
No qualifications
80

Ethnicity

Population
445
White British
161
White Irish
5
White Other
75
Mixed Black Caribbean
11
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
10
Asian Indian
119
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
12
Black African
20
Black Caribbean
9
Black Other
4
Arab
1
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
445
England
271
Scotland
3
Ireland
3
Italy
8
Lithuania
2
Poland
28
Romania
4
Ghana
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
2
Bangladesh
2
India
55
Pakistan
6
Philippines
5
USA
1
South America
3
Carribean
5

Religion

Population
445
Christian
189
Hindu
28
Muslim
20
Sikh
35
Other
37
No religion
97
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
234
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
17
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
26
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
21
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
336
England❚MK42 9DQ❚
Full-Time employee
138
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
27
Unemployed
22
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
31
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
178
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
52
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
40
Rented - private landlord
36
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
193
Occupied
178
Unoccupied
15
Detached
23
Semi detached
21
Terraced
78
Flat - purpose built
54
Flat - converted
15
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
178
One person
55
Two people
57
Three people
15
Four people
31
Five people
14
Six people
5
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

MK42 8AH MK42 8AG MK42 8AB MK42 8AD MK42 8AA MK42 8AS MK42 8DY MK42 8AF MK42 8AE MK42 9EJ MK42 9DT MK42 9DR MK42 9JJ MK42 9JS MK42 9JR MK42 9DS MK42 9AE MK42 9DP MK42 9AY MK42 9AL MK42 9AF MK42 9AR MK42 9DL MK42 9EP MK42 9DJ MK42 9AG MK42 9BE MK42 9DH MK42 9DW

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