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Electoral wardE05014399

Biggleswade West ward, Central Bedfordshire

Biggleswade West is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 14,249 residents in 6,197 households — 1,406 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Bedfordshire constituency.

Residents, 202114,249council ward average 9,492
Households6,1972.3 residents per household
Density1,406/ km²about 10.14 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+18.3%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 896
5–95.8% · 821
10–156.4% · 914
16–193.7% · 532
20–245.1% · 724
25–3415.1% · 2,155
35–4920.3% · 2,889
50–6419.0% · 2,701
65–749.9% · 1,408
75–845.9% · 843
85+2.5% · 359

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.9% · 988
1 car or van43.7% · 2,706
2 cars or vans30.6% · 1,893
3 or more9.8% · 608
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright32.6% · 2,017
With mortgage33.7% · 2,087
Shared ownership1.8% · 114
Social rented14.6% · 905
Private rented17.2% · 1,067
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house19.3% · 1,193
Semi-detached house36.7% · 2,271
Terraced house29.4% · 1,822
Purpose-built flat11.9% · 738
Converted house0.7% · 43
Other conversion1.0% · 62
Above shop / office1.0% · 62
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014399
Constituency
North Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
9 of 31

Parishes in the ward

Biggleswade

Other wards in the same constituency

BBiggleswade East10.7% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned8,291NNorthill25.7% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned4,569PPotton20.9% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned8,156SSandy18.9% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned14,171

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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.