Electoral wardE05014499
Great Barford ward, Bedford
Great Barford is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,838 residents in 1,621 households — 142 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 20213,838council ward average 6,615
Households1,6212.37 residents per household
Density142/ km²about 26.95 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+23.0%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 215
5–95.3% · 205
10–157.4% · 284
16–193.7% · 143
20–243.4% · 130
25–348.6% · 328
35–4920.3% · 778
50–6422.7% · 871
65–7412.5% · 480
75–848.4% · 321
85+2.1% · 81
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.7% · 125
1 car or van32.5% · 528
2 cars or vans41.6% · 675
3 or more18.2% · 295
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright44.1% · 715
With mortgage34.4% · 559
Shared ownership1.5% · 25
Social rented9.0% · 146
Private rented11.0% · 178
Type of home
Detached house45.6% · 739
Semi-detached house28.3% · 458
Terraced house23.0% · 372
Purpose-built flat2.1% · 34
Converted house0.3% · 5
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014499- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 28
Parishes in the ward
Great BarfordWildenWillington
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBiddenham19.8% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned3,880BBrickhill23.0% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned8,696BBromham25.9% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned5,778CClapham & Oakley21.0% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned7,013GGreat Denham3.8% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned4,363HHarpur17.2% aged 65+ · 38.3% owned8,870HHarrold21.9% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned4,841KKempston West11.4% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned4,669RRenhold & Ravensden17.4% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned3,248RRiseley23.7% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned3,064SSharnbrook27.8% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned4,303SShortstown9.1% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned5,996WWootton & Kempston Rural16.3% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned9,165WWyboston26.4% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned4,481
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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.