Electoral wardE05014500
Great Denham ward, Bedford
Great Denham is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,363 residents in 1,655 households — 2,837 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 20214,363council ward average 6,615
Households1,6552.64 residents per household
Density2,837/ km²about 1.54 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+3.8%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 28.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–410.8% · 472
5–99.4% · 412
10–157.8% · 342
16–193.3% · 143
20–245.2% · 229
25–3422.2% · 968
35–4927.4% · 1,195
50–6410.1% · 439
65–742.6% · 114
75–840.9% · 39
85+0.3% · 12
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.2% · 102
1 car or van42.9% · 711
2 cars or vans44.2% · 733
3 or more6.7% · 111
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright10.2% · 169
With mortgage55.3% · 914
Shared ownership6.0% · 99
Social rented13.9% · 230
Private rented14.6% · 241
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house23.4% · 387
Semi-detached house32.5% · 538
Terraced house25.7% · 426
Purpose-built flat17.6% · 291
Converted house0.4% · 6
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014500- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 28
Parishes in the ward
Great Denham
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 Barford23.0% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned3,838HHarpur17.2% 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.