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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
136
Population
346
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚MK43 8EX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
53
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
346
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
287
Single
64
Married
184
Separated
4
Divorced
24
Widowed
11

Health

Population
346
Very good
197
Good
115
Fair
30
Bad
3
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
287
England❚MK43 8EX❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
Apprenticeship
143
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
346
White British
319
White Irish
2
White Other
18
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
2
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
346
England
299
Scotland
12
Wales
6
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
2
Kenya
1
India
1
USA
4
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
3

Religion

Population
346
Christian
228
Buddhist
2
No religion
87
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
187
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
11
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
26
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
34
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
254
England❚MK43 8EX❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
42
Unemployed
4
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
7
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
11
Detached
84
Semi detached
42
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
24
Two people
59
Three people
31
Four people
15
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK43 8DA MK43 8EP MK43 8EJ

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