Electoral wardE05014510
Queens Park ward, Bedford
Queens Park is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,779 residents in 3,054 households — 5,329 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bedford constituency.
Residents, 20219,779council ward average 6,615
Households3,0543.2 residents per household
Density5,329/ km²about 1.84 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+8.5%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 26.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.3% · 808
5–98.2% · 802
10–1510.4% · 1,020
16–195.3% · 515
20–246.7% · 655
25–3415.9% · 1,554
35–4923.3% · 2,276
50–6413.5% · 1,320
65–744.9% · 476
75–842.2% · 218
85+1.4% · 135
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.2% · 832
1 car or van43.3% · 1,322
2 cars or vans21.7% · 664
3 or more7.8% · 238
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright24.1% · 737
With mortgage26.8% · 820
Shared ownership1.2% · 36
Social rented17.3% · 528
Private rented30.7% · 938
Type of home
Detached house13.7% · 418
Semi-detached house37.5% · 1,147
Terraced house27.5% · 842
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 530
Converted house2.7% · 83
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.9% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014510- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 3 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% owned9,209GGreyfriars9.0% 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 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% owned8,061RRenhold & 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.