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Electoral wardE05014402

Cranfield & Marston Moretaine ward, Central Bedfordshire

Cranfield & Marston Moretaine is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 16,387 residents in 6,075 households — 293 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

Residents, 202116,387council ward average 9,492
Households6,0752.7 residents per household
Density293/ km²about 55.93 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+13.3%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.6% · 1,242
5–96.9% · 1,123
10–156.9% · 1,131
16–193.4% · 562
20–247.9% · 1,287
25–3416.8% · 2,756
35–4920.2% · 3,305
50–6417.1% · 2,807
65–747.7% · 1,254
75–844.5% · 736
85+1.1% · 185

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.1% · 494
1 car or van34.0% · 2,061
2 cars or vans42.1% · 2,552
3 or more15.8% · 961
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.8% · 1,688
With mortgage44.0% · 2,674
Shared ownership4.1% · 252
Social rented12.3% · 749
Private rented11.7% · 710
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house37.0% · 2,246
Semi-detached house36.1% · 2,192
Terraced house21.1% · 1,279
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 277
Converted house0.5% · 31
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.2% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 25
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014402
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
21 of 31

Parishes in the ward

BrogboroughCranfieldHulcote and SalfordLidlingtonMarston MoreteyneRidgmont

Other wards in the same constituency

AAmpthill19.7% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned14,112AAspley & Woburn24.8% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned5,115BBarton-le-Clay & Silsoe19.8% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned8,360FFlitwick17.7% 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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.