Bedfordshire county Census 2021

72.0% people are white, 16.6% people are asian, 5.6% people are black.
44.6% are Christian, 32.5% have no religion, 12.9% are Muslim.
40.3% households have 1 car, 31.1% households have 2 cars, 17.1% households have no car.

Bedfordshire population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Bedfordshire county	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	16.6%	9.3%
Black	5.6%	4.0%
Mixed	3.8%	2.9%
Other	1.9%	2.1%
White	72.0%	81.7%

Bedfordshire population health

Health	Bedfordshire county	England & Wales (UK)
very good	49.4%	48.4%
good	34.6%	33.6%
average	11.7%	12.7%
poor	3.3%	4.0%
very poor	0.9%	1.2%

Bedfordshire population religion

Religion	Bedfordshire county	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.3%	0.5%
Christian	44.6%	46.2%
Hindu	1.9%	1.7%
Jewish	0.2%	0.5%
Muslim	12.9%	6.5%
No answer	5.7%	6.0%
No religion	32.5%	37.2%
Other	1.2%	0.9%
Sikh	0.6%	0.6%

Bedfordshire population economic activity

Economic activity	Bedfordshire county	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	49.1%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.5%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.5%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.9%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	5.5%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.4%	7.3%
Retired	18.7%	21.6%
Student, no work	5.4%	6.3%
Unemployed	3.0%	2.8%

Bedfordshire car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.38 cars per household in Bedfordshire county. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Bedfordshire county	England & Wales (UK)
No car	17.1%	23.3%
1 car	40.3%	41.3%
2 cars	31.1%	26.2%
3+ cars	11.5%	9.2%

Bedfordshire household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).