Electoral wardE05014498
Goldington ward, Bedford
Goldington is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,209 residents in 3,811 households — 3,766 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford constituency.
Residents, 20219,209council ward average 6,615
Households3,8112.42 residents per household
Density3,766/ km²about 2.45 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+16.8%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 522
5–96.8% · 630
10–158.7% · 798
16–195.2% · 475
20–245.2% · 477
25–3412.7% · 1,166
35–4920.2% · 1,862
50–6418.8% · 1,730
65–748.6% · 789
75–845.8% · 535
85+2.4% · 223
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.1% · 882
1 car or van43.4% · 1,655
2 cars or vans25.1% · 957
3 or more8.4% · 319
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright29.0% · 1,104
With mortgage25.3% · 964
Shared ownership0.9% · 33
Social rented31.5% · 1,200
Private rented13.4% · 512
Type of home
Detached house14.5% · 553
Semi-detached house35.3% · 1,349
Terraced house37.0% · 1,411
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 468
Converted house0.3% · 12
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014498- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 28
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% owned11,366DDe Parys19.0% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned7,145GGreyfriars9.0% 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.