Electoral wardE05014517
Wootton & Kempston Rural ward, Bedford
Wootton & Kempston Rural is one of 28 electoral wards of Bedford Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,165 residents in 3,551 households — 279 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 20219,165council ward average 6,615
Households3,5512.58 residents per household
Density279/ km²about 32.87 km² · Bedford 389
Aged 65+16.3%Bedford: 16.8% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 691
5–97.3% · 668
10–157.7% · 710
16–193.9% · 356
20–244.6% · 420
25–3413.8% · 1,265
35–4920.7% · 1,899
50–6418.2% · 1,670
65–748.5% · 784
75–845.9% · 540
85+1.8% · 168
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.8% · 312
1 car or van33.4% · 1,186
2 cars or vans41.6% · 1,476
3 or more16.2% · 576
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Bedford overall: 62.7% owned, 16.3% social rented, 19.1% private rented.
Owned outright32.9% · 1,165
With mortgage43.9% · 1,556
Shared ownership3.4% · 122
Social rented13.7% · 487
Private rented6.0% · 214
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house47.2% · 1,675
Semi-detached house35.3% · 1,252
Terraced house12.1% · 429
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 172
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014517- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 28
Parishes in the ward
Kempston RuralWootton
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% owned4,303SShortstown9.1% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned5,996WWyboston26.4% 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.