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Electoral wardE05014404

Dunstable East ward, Central Bedfordshire

Dunstable East is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,238 residents in 4,121 households — 3,662 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 202110,238council ward average 9,492
Households4,1212.48 residents per household
Density3,662/ km²about 2.80 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+17.1%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 631
5–96.1% · 620
10–156.5% · 668
16–193.6% · 368
20–245.3% · 539
25–3416.3% · 1,670
35–4920.2% · 2,070
50–6418.7% · 1,918
65–748.0% · 819
75–845.6% · 576
85+3.5% · 355

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.7% · 646
1 car or van42.5% · 1,754
2 cars or vans29.7% · 1,226
3 or more12.1% · 499
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.5% · 1,378
With mortgage40.1% · 1,651
Shared ownership2.0% · 82
Social rented6.8% · 281
Private rented17.5% · 722
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house7.5% · 309
Semi-detached house51.2% · 2,109
Terraced house13.9% · 572
Purpose-built flat24.8% · 1,024
Converted house1.1% · 44
Other conversion0.7% · 27
Above shop / office0.8% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014404
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
5 of 31

Parishes in the ward

Dunstable

Council offices in this ward

TDunstable Town CouncilTown council · LU6 1NFTDunstable Town CouncilTown council · LU6 3RZ

Other wards in the same constituency

DDunstable Central17.8% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned7,252DDunstable 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.