Electoral wardE05014409
Flitwick ward, Central Bedfordshire
Flitwick is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 13,856 residents in 5,884 households — 974 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 202113,856council ward average 9,492
Households5,8842.35 residents per household
Density974/ km²about 14.23 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+17.7%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 744
5–95.6% · 773
10–156.8% · 948
16–194.1% · 571
20–244.8% · 669
25–3413.3% · 1,845
35–4920.6% · 2,848
50–6421.6% · 2,992
65–7410.0% · 1,381
75–845.7% · 795
85+2.0% · 282
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.7% · 632
1 car or van41.2% · 2,422
2 cars or vans34.8% · 2,049
3 or more13.3% · 782
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Central Bedfordshire overall: 71.2% owned, 13.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.
Owned outright34.5% · 2,032
With mortgage38.5% · 2,272
Shared ownership0.5% · 31
Social rented10.8% · 639
Private rented15.6% · 918
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house32.3% · 1,900
Semi-detached house35.8% · 2,107
Terraced house22.8% · 1,345
Purpose-built flat7.9% · 466
Converted house0.6% · 34
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.3% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014409- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 31
Parishes in the ward
FlitwickSteppingley
Other wards in the same constituency
AAmpthill19.7% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned14,112AAspley & Woburn24.8% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned5,115BBarton-le-Clay & Silsoe19.8% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned8,360CCranfield & Marston Moretaine13.3% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned16,387HHoughton Conquest & Haynes19.2% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned4,185MMeppershall & Shillington22.0% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned4,121TToddington20.0% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned9,690WWestoning, Flitton & Greenfield21.2% aged 65+ · 82.2% owned4,795
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.