Electoral wardE05014504
Kempston Central & East ward, Bedford
Kempston Central & East is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,583 residents in 3,818 households — 5,532 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford constituency.
Residents, 20219,583council ward average 6,615
Households3,8182.51 residents per household
Density5,532/ km²about 1.73 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+15.5%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 583
5–96.2% · 593
10–157.7% · 738
16–194.4% · 422
20–245.3% · 512
25–3413.9% · 1,333
35–4921.2% · 2,034
50–6419.6% · 1,877
65–748.9% · 849
75–844.7% · 449
85+1.9% · 185
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.5% · 821
1 car or van42.8% · 1,635
2 cars or vans26.9% · 1,028
3 or more8.8% · 338
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright29.7% · 1,134
With mortgage28.5% · 1,091
Shared ownership1.3% · 48
Social rented20.9% · 800
Private rented19.6% · 748
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house14.6% · 559
Semi-detached house44.8% · 1,711
Terraced house23.5% · 898
Purpose-built flat14.0% · 535
Converted house1.8% · 67
Other conversion0.4% · 14
Above shop / office0.8% · 32
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014504- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 28
Parishes in the ward
Kempston
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% owned9,209GGreyfriars9.0% aged 65+ · 18.4% owned4,190HHarpur17.2% aged 65+ · 38.3% owned8,870KKempston 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.