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Electoral wardE05014411

Houghton Conquest & Haynes ward, Central Bedfordshire

Houghton Conquest & Haynes is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 4,185 residents in 1,717 households — 172 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,185council ward average 9,492
Households1,7172.44 residents per household
Density172/ km²about 24.40 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+19.2%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 277
5–96.3% · 265
10–155.8% · 243
16–193.6% · 151
20–245.7% · 238
25–3415.4% · 643
35–4917.5% · 731
50–6419.9% · 834
65–7410.9% · 457
75–846.2% · 259
85+2.1% · 88

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.8% · 116
1 car or van32.3% · 554
2 cars or vans44.3% · 760
3 or more16.7% · 286
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.1% · 587
With mortgage40.8% · 701
Shared ownership3.8% · 65
Social rented13.2% · 227
Private rented8.0% · 137
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house46.4% · 796
Semi-detached house36.5% · 626
Terraced house15.8% · 271
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 16
Converted house0.1% · 2
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014411
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
26 of 31

Parishes in the ward

HaynesHoughton Conquest

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% owned16,387FFlitwick17.7% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned13,856MMeppershall & Shillington22.0% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned4,121TToddington20.0% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned9,690WWestoning, Flitton & Greenfield21.2% aged 65+ · 82.2% owned4,795

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.