Electoral wardE05014515
Shortstown ward, Bedford
Shortstown is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,996 residents in 2,312 households — 340 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 20215,996council ward average 6,615
Households2,3122.59 residents per household
Density340/ km²about 17.65 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+9.1%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 23.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.6% · 516
5–97.5% · 450
10–157.7% · 463
16–194.0% · 243
20–245.8% · 346
25–3417.6% · 1,055
35–4923.3% · 1,398
50–6416.4% · 984
65–745.7% · 340
75–842.7% · 161
85+0.7% · 45
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.3% · 215
1 car or van38.0% · 880
2 cars or vans39.0% · 902
3 or more13.7% · 317
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright18.0% · 416
With mortgage47.4% · 1,096
Shared ownership3.7% · 86
Social rented18.2% · 421
Private rented12.6% · 292
Type of home
Detached house26.6% · 617
Semi-detached house38.9% · 902
Terraced house23.2% · 537
Purpose-built flat9.1% · 211
Converted house1.0% · 23
Other conversion0.9% · 22
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014515- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 28
Parishes in the ward
CardingtonCopleCotton EndShortstown
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% owned5,778CClapham & Oakley21.0% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned7,013GGreat Barford23.0% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned3,838GGreat Denham3.8% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned4,363HHarpur17.2% aged 65+ · 38.3% owned8,870HHarrold21.9% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned4,841KKempston West11.4% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned4,669RRenhold & Ravensden17.4% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned3,248RRiseley23.7% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned3,064SSharnbrook27.8% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned4,303WWootton & Kempston Rural16.3% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned9,165WWyboston26.4% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned4,481
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.