Electoral wardE05014505
Kempston North ward, Bedford
Kempston North is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 3,918 residents in 1,545 households — 3,005 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford constituency.
Residents, 20213,918council ward average 6,615
Households1,5452.54 residents per household
Density3,005/ km²about 1.30 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+18.0%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 198
5–95.7% · 222
10–157.2% · 281
16–194.4% · 171
20–246.0% · 237
25–3412.2% · 480
35–4920.2% · 791
50–6421.3% · 834
65–7410.3% · 403
75–845.5% · 215
85+2.2% · 88
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.2% · 343
1 car or van41.6% · 642
2 cars or vans25.7% · 397
3 or more10.6% · 163
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright29.4% · 454
With mortgage23.0% · 355
Shared ownership1.2% · 19
Social rented32.6% · 504
Private rented13.5% · 209
Lives rent free0.3% · 4
Type of home
Detached house33.3% · 514
Semi-detached house27.8% · 430
Terraced house22.2% · 343
Purpose-built flat15.5% · 240
Converted house0.8% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014505- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 11 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 Central & East15.5% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned9,583KKempston 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.