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Electoral wardE05014405

Dunstable North ward, Central Bedfordshire

Dunstable North is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,215 residents in 3,566 households — 5,550 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 20219,215council ward average 9,492
Households3,5662.58 residents per household
Density5,550/ km²about 1.66 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+12.3%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 23.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.5% · 687
5–97.6% · 704
10–158.3% · 764
16–194.2% · 388
20–244.9% · 456
25–3415.4% · 1,417
35–4922.7% · 2,096
50–6417.1% · 1,573
65–747.0% · 642
75–844.2% · 388
85+1.1% · 100

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.1% · 538
1 car or van41.2% · 1,472
2 cars or vans33.6% · 1,199
3 or more10.2% · 363
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright23.9% · 854
With mortgage39.7% · 1,414
Shared ownership2.0% · 73
Social rented21.5% · 768
Private rented12.6% · 451
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house7.7% · 275
Semi-detached house45.0% · 1,601
Terraced house27.9% · 994
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 623
Converted house1.1% · 40
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.4% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014405
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
1 of 31

Parishes in the ward

Dunstable

Other wards in the same constituency

DDunstable Central17.8% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned7,252DDunstable East17.1% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned10,238DDunstable 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.