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Electoral wardE05014407

Dunstable West ward, Central Bedfordshire

Dunstable West is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,062 residents in 3,417 households — 3,939 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 20218,062council ward average 9,492
Households3,4172.36 residents per household
Density3,939/ km²about 2.05 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+24.4%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 356
5–95.2% · 418
10–156.0% · 487
16–193.5% · 281
20–244.6% · 372
25–3411.7% · 941
35–4917.6% · 1,414
50–6422.6% · 1,819
65–7412.6% · 1,013
75–849.2% · 743
85+2.6% · 207

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.9% · 374
1 car or van37.7% · 1,287
2 cars or vans37.3% · 1,273
3 or more14.1% · 482
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.9% · 1,570
With mortgage34.5% · 1,181
Shared ownership1.1% · 36
Social rented3.8% · 131
Private rented14.6% · 500
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house29.7% · 1,015
Semi-detached house38.8% · 1,328
Terraced house15.7% · 538
Purpose-built flat14.5% · 497
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014407
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
4 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 South15.1% aged 65+ · 58.4% owned5,521HHeath & 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.