Kempston Rural Demographics (Bedford, England)

Kempston Rural is a ward in Bedford of East of England, England and includes areas of Kempston, Church End, Newton Blossomville, Stagsden, Wick End, Turvey, Bromham, Box End and West End.

In the 2011 census the population of Kempston Rural was 4,325 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Kempston Rural is 41, while the median age is higher at 43.

87.1% of people living in Kempston Rural were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.0% Scotland, 1.3% Wales, 1.0% India, 0.9% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% United States, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Jamaica, 0.2% Sri Lanka.

96.3% of people living in Kempston Rural speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.8% Polish, 0.7% Panjabi, 0.2% Persian/Farsi, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% French, 0.2% Swahili/Kiswahili, 0.1% Northern European Language, 0.1% Mandarin Chinese, 0.1% Romanian.

The religious make up of Kempston Rural is 66.3% Christian, 22.5% No religion, 2.1% Sikh, 1.4% Muslim, 0.4% Hindu, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 266 people did not state a religion. 6 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

58.0% of people are married, 10.5% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.2% are separated or divorced. There are 145 widowed people living in Kempston Rural.

The top occupations listed by people in Kempston Rural are Professional 22.0%, Managers, directors and senior officials 17.3%, Associate professional and technical 15.5%, Administrative and secretarial 13.1%, Corporate managers and directors 11.5%, Administrative 9.5%, Business and public service associate professionals 9.1%, Skilled trades 9.0%, Elementary 7.2%, Business, media and public service professionals 6.8%.