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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
112
Population
294
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚MK43 9BS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
294
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
247
Single
79
Married
128
Separated
4
Divorced
17
Widowed
19

Health

Population
294
Very good
129
Good
105
Fair
49
Bad
10
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
247
England❚MK43 9BS❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
294
White British
262
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
11
Asian Chinese
4
Black Caribbean
6

Country of Birth

Population
294
England
268
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
7
Ireland
1
Italy
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
2
India
6

Religion

Population
294
Christian
194
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Sikh
4
Other
5
No religion
64
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
157
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
20
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚MK43 9BS❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
25
Unemployed
5
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
56
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
112
Occupied
112
Detached
44
Semi detached
64
Terraced
4

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
25
Two people
35
Three people
24
Four people
18
Five people
6
Six people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

MK43 9BP MK43 9BL MK43 9BU MK43 9BT MK42 7GJ MK42 7GE MK42 7GF MK42 7GG MK42 7FZ MK42 7LY MK42 7FJ

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