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Electoral wardE05014403

Dunstable Central ward, Central Bedfordshire

Dunstable Central is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,252 residents in 3,191 households — 5,029 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 20217,252council ward average 9,492
Households3,1912.27 residents per household
Density5,029/ km²about 1.44 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+17.8%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 404
5–95.5% · 401
10–156.8% · 496
16–193.5% · 253
20–245.2% · 374
25–3415.7% · 1,142
35–4920.6% · 1,496
50–6419.3% · 1,399
65–749.2% · 669
75–846.1% · 442
85+2.5% · 178

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.7% · 692
1 car or van43.0% · 1,374
2 cars or vans26.8% · 855
3 or more8.6% · 275
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright29.1% · 928
With mortgage30.7% · 979
Shared ownership1.3% · 41
Social rented15.4% · 490
Private rented23.5% · 748
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house12.7% · 405
Semi-detached house27.5% · 877
Terraced house26.4% · 843
Purpose-built flat25.7% · 820
Converted house3.1% · 98
Other conversion2.4% · 75
Above shop / office2.1% · 68
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014403
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
2 of 31

Parishes in the ward

Dunstable

Other wards in the same constituency

DDunstable East17.1% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned10,238DDunstable North12.3% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned9,215DDunstable South15.1% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned5,521DDunstable West24.4% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned8,062HHeath & Reach23.9% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned4,491HHoughton Regis East12.0% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned10,922HHoughton Regis West13.3% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned8,742LLeighton-Linslade North18.7% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned14,425LLeighton-Linslade South12.3% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned15,810LLeighton-Linslade West21.9% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned13,310

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