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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kempston Rural
Local Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
139
Population
312
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚MK43 8EJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
312
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
258
Single
72
Married
134
Separated
11
Divorced
26
Widowed
15

Health

Population
312
Very good
158
Good
104
Fair
40
Bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
258
England❚MK43 8EJ❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
113
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
312
White British
277
White Irish
4
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
5
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
4

Country of Birth

Population
312
England
282
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
3
Ireland
4
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
USA
3
North America - Other
2
Central America
1

Religion

Population
312
Christian
208
Hindu
3
Other
1
No religion
85
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
169
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
23
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
240
England❚MK43 8EJ❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
27
Unemployed
3
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
6
Detached
44
Semi detached
38
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
37
Two people
57
Three people
24
Four people
17
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

MK43 8HA MK43 8EX MK43 8DB MK43 8DL MK43 8DH MK43 8DD MK43 8DE MK43 8DJ MK43 8DP

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