Electoral wardE05014506
Kempston South ward, Bedford
Kempston South is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,106 residents in 1,553 households — 3,654 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford constituency.
Residents, 20214,106council ward average 6,615
Households1,5532.64 residents per household
Density3,654/ km²about 1.12 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+18.9%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 220
5–96.1% · 250
10–157.4% · 303
16–194.4% · 182
20–245.4% · 223
25–3413.2% · 542
35–4919.8% · 814
50–6419.4% · 796
65–7411.3% · 463
75–846.1% · 249
85+1.5% · 62
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.0% · 186
1 car or van43.7% · 678
2 cars or vans33.3% · 516
3 or more11.0% · 171
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright42.0% · 651
With mortgage36.0% · 559
Shared ownership0.8% · 12
Social rented5.2% · 80
Private rented16.1% · 249
Type of home
Detached house24.0% · 373
Semi-detached house54.0% · 839
Terraced house19.8% · 308
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 22
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.7% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014506- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 8 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 North18.0% aged 65+ · 52.4% owned3,918KKempston 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.