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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
111
Population
263
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
64
England❚MK45 3DP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
263
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
29%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
40
Married
155
Separated
5
Divorced
14
Widowed
19

Health

Population
263
Very good
125
Good
106
Fair
27
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚MK45 3DP❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
78
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
263
White British
246
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
263
England
243
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
3
USA
1

Religion

Population
263
Christian
184
Muslim
2
Sikh
6
No religion
49
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
134
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
8
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚MK45 3DP❚
Full-Time employee
77
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
35
Unemployed
6
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
113
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
2
Detached
73
Semi detached
34
Terraced
5
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
22
Two people
53
Three people
17
Four people
13
Five people
4
Six people
2

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