Electoral wardE05014492
Brickhill ward, Bedford
Brickhill is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,696 residents in 3,597 households — 2,639 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford and North Bedfordshire constituencies.
Residents, 20218,696council ward average 6,615
Households3,5972.42 residents per household
Density2,639/ km²about 3.30 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+23.0%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 433
5–96.1% · 531
10–157.7% · 672
16–194.3% · 374
20–244.1% · 354
25–3410.1% · 879
35–4919.7% · 1,710
50–6420.1% · 1,748
65–7411.8% · 1,030
75–847.2% · 630
85+3.9% · 339
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.0% · 540
1 car or van39.7% · 1,427
2 cars or vans34.6% · 1,244
3 or more10.7% · 386
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright41.8% · 1,502
With mortgage32.2% · 1,159
Shared ownership1.3% · 48
Social rented14.6% · 525
Private rented10.1% · 362
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house43.7% · 1,570
Semi-detached house31.0% · 1,113
Terraced house13.7% · 494
Purpose-built flat10.9% · 393
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014492- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford, North Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 28
Parishes in the ward
Brickhill
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBiddenham19.8% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned3,880BBromham25.9% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned5,778CCastle & Newnham16.2% aged 65+ · 56.3% owned8,147CCauldwell8.9% aged 65+ · 40.5% owned11,366CClapham & Oakley21.0% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned7,013DDe Parys19.0% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned7,145GGoldington16.8% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned9,209GGreat Barford23.0% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned3,838GGreat Denham3.8% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned4,363GGreyfriars9.0% aged 65+ · 18.4% owned4,190HHarpur17.2% aged 65+ · 38.3% owned8,870HHarrold21.9% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned4,841KKempston Central & East15.5% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned9,583KKempston North18.0% aged 65+ · 52.4% owned3,918
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.