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Electoral wardE05014410

Heath & Reach ward, Central Bedfordshire

Heath & Reach is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,491 residents in 1,872 households — 113 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 20214,491council ward average 9,492
Households1,8722.4 residents per household
Density113/ km²about 39.60 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+23.9%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 229
5–95.5% · 245
10–155.9% · 265
16–193.5% · 158
20–244.1% · 183
25–349.4% · 423
35–4918.0% · 808
50–6424.6% · 1,105
65–7413.5% · 605
75–848.3% · 373
85+2.1% · 96

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.6% · 124
1 car or van32.5% · 608
2 cars or vans41.2% · 771
3 or more19.7% · 368
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.1% · 788
With mortgage36.6% · 686
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented9.7% · 182
Private rented11.0% · 205
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house44.1% · 825
Semi-detached house29.6% · 553
Terraced house20.6% · 386
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 53
Converted house0.4% · 8
Other conversion0.5% · 10
Above shop / office0.5% · 9
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 27
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014410
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
29 of 31

Parishes in the ward

ChalgraveEggingtonHeath and ReachHockliffeStanbridgeTilsworth

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% owned5,521DDunstable West24.4% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned8,062HHoughton 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.