Electoral wardE05014497
De Parys ward, Bedford
De Parys is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,145 residents in 2,955 households — 3,400 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford constituency.
Residents, 20217,145council ward average 6,615
Households2,9552.42 residents per household
Density3,400/ km²about 2.10 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+19.0%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 292
5–94.6% · 328
10–157.0% · 499
16–196.6% · 473
20–248.5% · 605
25–3412.0% · 856
35–4918.5% · 1,323
50–6419.8% · 1,413
65–748.7% · 619
75–846.0% · 428
85+4.3% · 310
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.8% · 733
1 car or van45.4% · 1,340
2 cars or vans22.6% · 669
3 or more7.2% · 212
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright30.3% · 896
With mortgage24.3% · 717
Shared ownership0.8% · 24
Social rented12.6% · 371
Private rented31.9% · 943
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house24.6% · 728
Semi-detached house23.1% · 684
Terraced house9.2% · 271
Purpose-built flat21.5% · 635
Converted house19.5% · 578
Other conversion1.3% · 38
Above shop / office0.7% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014497- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 28
Parishes in the ward
Brickhill
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrickhill23.0% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned8,696CCastle & Newnham16.2% aged 65+ · 56.3% owned8,147CCauldwell8.9% aged 65+ · 40.5% owned11,366GGoldington16.8% 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.