South Bedfordshire   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 112637      Males 55654      Females 56983      Aged 0 to 15 24385      Aged 16 to 74 81362      Aged 75 and over 6890       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Percentage change since 1991 3.0%   2.5%   209 35 Density           Number of people per hectare 5.3   3.4   179 18 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Single people (never married) 26.1%   30.1%   202 25 Married or re-married people 55.9%   50.9%   126 22 Separated or divorced 10.8%   10.6%   151 15 Widowed 7.3%   8.4%   318 39   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Households without car/van 16.9%   26.8%   280 30 Household with 1 car or van 42.4%   43.8%   277 30 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 40.7%   29.4%   80 18   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 One person households 26.1%   30.0%   302 35 Married couple households 42.7%   36.5%   80 15 Cohabiting couple households 9.4%   8.3%   55 12 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 5.7%   6.5%   179 12      with non-dependent children only 2.9%   3.1%   180 15 All other households 13.2%   15.6%   338 44 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 White 96.9%   91.3%   230 24    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Indian (0.8%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Born in UK 94.4%   91.1%   218 21 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 2.5%   2.3%   86 14 Born outside EU 3.1%   6.6%   186 33   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Christian 74.5%   71.7%   222 24 Buddhist 0.1%   0.3%   299 45 Hindu 0.5%   1.1%   107 17 Jewish 0.2%   0.5%   99 21 Muslim 0.3%   3.0%   217 28 Sikh 0.2%   0.6%   125 14 Other 0.2%   0.3%   268 46 No religion 17.1%   14.8%   75 14 Religion not stated 6.8%   7.7%   287 41 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Limiting long-term illness 14.1%   18.2%   328 39 General health 'not good' 6.8%   9.2%   312 34 People providing unpaid care 9.1%   10.0%   303 39 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 1.6%   2.1%   284 31 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Employed 68.3%   60.6%   41 9 Unemployed 2.4%   3.4%   246 21 Long-term unemployed 0.6%   1.0%   266 25 Student (economically active) 2.3%   2.6%   165 16 Retired 12.8%   13.6%   281 32 Student (economically inactive) 2.5%   4.7%   340 34 Looking after home/family 6.3%   6.5%   189 36 Permanently sick or disabled 3.3%   5.5%   294 30 Other inactive 2.1%   3.1%   313 34   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Travel to work by car 70.5%   61.5%   80 7 Travel to work by public transport 7.8%   14.5%   198 31   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Qualifications at degree level or higher 16.3%   19.8%   238 27 No qualifications 26.2%   29.1%   238 31 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Number of households with residents 45665   -   201 27 Number of people per hectare 5.3   3.4   179 18 Average household size 2.45   2.36   41 5 Vacant household spaces 2.4%   3.2%   277 28 Owner-occupied 78.2%   68.9%   56 10 Without central heating 3.3%   8.5%   337 40 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.3%   0.5%   209 20 Overcrowding indicator 4.5%   7.0 %   184 25

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