Electoral wardE05014494
Castle & Newnham ward, Bedford
Castle & Newnham is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,147 residents in 3,759 households — 4,336 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford constituency.
Residents, 20218,147council ward average 6,615
Households3,7592.17 residents per household
Density4,336/ km²about 1.88 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+16.2%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 428
5–95.3% · 428
10–155.7% · 467
16–193.8% · 311
20–246.5% · 533
25–3414.7% · 1,201
35–4921.9% · 1,785
50–6420.6% · 1,677
65–748.8% · 714
75–845.1% · 417
85+2.3% · 191
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.0% · 941
1 car or van46.0% · 1,733
2 cars or vans23.0% · 867
3 or more6.0% · 225
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright29.3% · 1,103
With mortgage26.9% · 1,013
Shared ownership1.0% · 37
Social rented10.0% · 376
Private rented32.7% · 1,230
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house6.8% · 257
Semi-detached house33.7% · 1,270
Terraced house22.4% · 842
Purpose-built flat23.3% · 876
Converted house6.8% · 257
Other conversion2.3% · 86
Above shop / office2.9% · 110
Caravan, mobile1.7% · 65
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014494- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 28
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrickhill23.0% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned8,696CCauldwell8.9% aged 65+ · 40.5% owned11,366DDe Parys19.0% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned7,145GGoldington16.8% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned9,209GGreyfriars9.0% aged 65+ · 18.4% owned4,190HHarpur17.2% aged 65+ · 38.3% owned8,870KKempston Central & East15.5% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned9,583KKempston North18.0% aged 65+ · 52.4% owned3,918KKempston South18.9% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned4,106KKempston West11.4% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned4,669KKingsbrook12.6% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned10,683PPutnoe27.0% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned8,061QQueens Park8.5% aged 65+ · 50.9% owned9,779RRenhold & Ravensden17.4% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned3,248
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.