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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
423
Population
875
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
235
England❚MK45 3FD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
64
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
78
C2 Skilled manual workers
55
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
38

Age Groups

Population
875
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
756
Single
137
Married
418
Civil partnership
2
Separated
18
Divorced
85
Widowed
96

Health

Population
875
Very good
357
Good
339
Fair
127
Bad
41
Very bad
85

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
756
England❚MK45 3FD❚
Degree or above
64
2+ A Levels or equivalent
43
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
102
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
80
Apprenticeship
185
Other qualifications
42
No qualifications
240

Ethnicity

Population
875
White British
774
White Irish
9
White Gypsy
1
White Other
27
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
29
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
16
Black Caribbean
5
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
875
England
769
Scotland
12
Wales
9
Ireland
9
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
6
Lithuania
1
Poland
5
Nigeria
3
Kenya
2
South Africa
5
Zimbabwe
9
India
12
USA
2
North America - Other
2
South America
3
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
2

Religion

Population
875
Christian
631
Buddhist
3
Hindu
23
Muslim
3
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
156
Not stated
57

Industry

Population
394
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
32
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
36
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
75
Transport and storage
17
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
14
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
25
Administrative and support
19
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
29
Education
36
Human health and social work
59

Economic Activity

Population
634
England❚MK45 3FD❚
Full-Time employee
224
Part-Time employee
94
Self employed
68
Unemployed
26
Retired
150
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
10
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
423
Owned outright
263
Owned with mortgage
102
Shared ownership
19
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
438
Occupied
423
Unoccupied
15
Detached
159
Semi detached
41
Terraced
43
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
2
Caravan
192

Household Size

All categoies
423
One person
148
Two people
174
Three people
48
Four people
34
Five people
16
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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