Electoral wardE05014507
Kempston West ward, Bedford
Kempston West is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,669 residents in 1,907 households — 924 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford and North Bedfordshire constituencies.
Residents, 20214,669council ward average 6,615
Households1,9072.45 residents per household
Density924/ km²about 5.06 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+11.4%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 22.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.2% · 382
5–97.1% · 332
10–157.0% · 326
16–194.1% · 189
20–244.8% · 222
25–3418.6% · 869
35–4922.7% · 1,061
50–6416.2% · 754
65–746.7% · 314
75–843.3% · 154
85+1.4% · 63
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.1% · 211
1 car or van42.8% · 817
2 cars or vans35.8% · 682
3 or more10.3% · 197
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright23.8% · 454
With mortgage44.2% · 844
Shared ownership4.5% · 85
Social rented11.7% · 224
Private rented15.8% · 301
Type of home
Detached house20.9% · 399
Semi-detached house37.4% · 714
Terraced house23.5% · 449
Purpose-built flat15.9% · 303
Converted house1.0% · 20
Other conversion0.6% · 12
Above shop / office0.5% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014507- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford, North Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 28
Parishes in the ward
KempstonKempston Rural
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% owned5,778CCastle & Newnham16.2% aged 65+ · 56.3% owned8,147CCauldwell8.9% aged 65+ · 40.5% owned11,366CClapham & Oakley21.0% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned7,013DDe Parys19.0% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned7,145GGoldington16.8% aged 65+ · 54.2% owned9,209GGreat Barford23.0% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned3,838GGreat Denham3.8% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned4,363GGreyfriars9.0% aged 65+ · 18.4% owned4,190HHarpur17.2% aged 65+ · 38.3% owned8,870HHarrold21.9% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned4,841KKempston Central & East15.5% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned9,583
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.