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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
254
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚MK45 3HN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
254
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
201
Single
47
Married
120
Separated
6
Divorced
14
Widowed
14

Health

Population
254
Very good
128
Good
81
Fair
36
Bad
7
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
201
England❚MK45 3HN❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
254
White British
229
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
5
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
254
England
230
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
7
Ireland
3
Italy
1
Poland
3
South Africa
3
China
1

Religion

Population
254
Christian
163
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
75
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
128
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
18
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
189
England❚MK45 3HN❚
Full-Time employee
76
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
26
Unemployed
9
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
5
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
9
Detached
49
Semi detached
36
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
33
Two people
40
Three people
18
Four people
15
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK45 3BT MK45 3HG MK45 3FJ MK45 3BU MK45 3BY MK45 3DH

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