Electoral wardE05014501
Greyfriars ward, Bedford
Greyfriars is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,190 residents in 1,976 households — 6,913 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford constituency.
Residents, 20214,190council ward average 6,615
Households1,9762.12 residents per household
Density6,913/ km²about 0.61 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+9.0%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 288
5–95.1% · 215
10–154.9% · 207
16–194.6% · 191
20–247.5% · 315
25–3422.9% · 960
35–4922.8% · 957
50–6416.2% · 680
65–745.1% · 215
75–842.5% · 105
85+1.4% · 57
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van51.1% · 1,008
1 car or van38.4% · 759
2 cars or vans8.4% · 166
3 or more2.1% · 41
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright8.6% · 170
With mortgage9.8% · 194
Shared ownership4.4% · 86
Social rented28.7% · 566
Private rented48.2% · 952
Lives rent free0.3% · 6
Type of home
Detached house3.6% · 71
Semi-detached house8.1% · 160
Terraced house8.7% · 172
Purpose-built flat61.7% · 1,220
Converted house11.2% · 221
Other conversion3.6% · 71
Above shop / office3.0% · 59
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014501- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned7,145GGoldington16.8% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned9,209HHarpur17.2% 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.