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Electoral wardE05014398
Biggleswade East ward, Central Bedfordshire
Biggleswade East is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,291 residents in 3,246 households — 954 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 20218,291council ward average 9,492
Households3,2462.55 residents per household
Density954/ km²about 8.69 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+10.7%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.8% · 728
5–97.6% · 628
10–156.8% · 564
16–193.2% · 263
20–244.7% · 392
25–3419.9% · 1,651
35–4922.7% · 1,879
50–6415.6% · 1,292
65–746.3% · 522
75–843.3% · 275
85+1.1% · 93
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.3% · 271
1 car or van39.4% · 1,280
2 cars or vans41.5% · 1,349
3 or more10.7% · 347
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Central Bedfordshire overall: 71.2% owned, 13.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.
Owned outright22.2% · 720
With mortgage49.1% · 1,594
Shared ownership3.4% · 110
Social rented14.6% · 473
Private rented10.7% · 348
Type of home
Detached house30.9% · 1,004
Semi-detached house37.0% · 1,200
Terraced house18.6% · 603
Purpose-built flat11.8% · 384
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 36
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014398- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 31
Parishes in the ward
Biggleswade
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.