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Electoral wardE05014406

Dunstable South ward, Central Bedfordshire

Dunstable South is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,521 residents in 2,280 households — 4,491 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 20215,521council ward average 9,492
Households2,2802.42 residents per household
Density4,491/ km²about 1.23 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+15.1%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 21.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 371
5–96.9% · 381
10–157.9% · 434
16–194.6% · 255
20–245.4% · 300
25–3414.1% · 780
35–4919.5% · 1,075
50–6419.7% · 1,089
65–748.1% · 445
75–845.0% · 278
85+2.0% · 112

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.9% · 497
1 car or van41.5% · 943
2 cars or vans26.8% · 610
3 or more9.9% · 224
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.4% · 647
With mortgage30.1% · 686
Shared ownership0.8% · 18
Social rented29.4% · 671
Private rented11.2% · 256
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house9.5% · 216
Semi-detached house34.5% · 785
Terraced house23.8% · 543
Purpose-built flat28.3% · 645
Converted house2.9% · 67
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.5% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014406
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
3 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 North12.3% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned9,215DDunstable 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.