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Electoral wardE05014397

Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe ward, Central Bedfordshire

Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,360 residents in 3,386 households — 421 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

Residents, 20218,360council ward average 9,492
Households3,3862.47 residents per household
Density421/ km²about 19.88 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+19.8%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 440
5–96.3% · 524
10–157.6% · 632
16–194.3% · 363
20–244.3% · 358
25–3410.3% · 861
35–4919.6% · 1,638
50–6422.5% · 1,883
65–7410.3% · 862
75–847.0% · 589
85+2.5% · 206

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.0% · 271
1 car or van32.7% · 1,108
2 cars or vans41.1% · 1,393
3 or more18.2% · 618
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Central Bedfordshire overall: 71.2% owned, 13.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.

Owned outright40.0% · 1,354
With mortgage39.0% · 1,320
Shared ownership2.3% · 78
Social rented8.9% · 302
Private rented9.7% · 327
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house38.6% · 1,308
Semi-detached house40.7% · 1,378
Terraced house15.7% · 532
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 122
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.4% · 14
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014397
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
19 of 31

Parishes in the ward

Barton-le-ClaySilsoe

Other wards in the same constituency

AAmpthill19.7% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned14,112AAspley & Woburn24.8% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned5,115CCranfield & Marston Moretaine13.3% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned16,387FFlitwick17.7% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned13,856HHoughton Conquest & Haynes19.2% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned4,185MMeppershall & Shillington22.0% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned4,121TToddington20.0% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned9,690WWestoning, Flitton & Greenfield21.2% aged 65+ · 82.2% owned4,795

All 31 wards of Central Bedfordshire

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.