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Electoral wardE05014412

Houghton Regis East ward, Central Bedfordshire

Houghton Regis East is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,922 residents in 4,071 households — 2,512 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 202110,922council ward average 9,492
Households4,0712.68 residents per household
Density2,512/ km²about 4.35 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+12.0%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 756
5–97.5% · 816
10–158.8% · 966
16–195.2% · 565
20–245.3% · 581
25–3413.8% · 1,510
35–4921.7% · 2,376
50–6418.7% · 2,048
65–747.5% · 818
75–843.4% · 369
85+1.1% · 120

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.3% · 746
1 car or van42.0% · 1,709
2 cars or vans30.6% · 1,244
3 or more9.2% · 373
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.3% · 909
With mortgage34.5% · 1,405
Shared ownership1.2% · 47
Social rented26.6% · 1,082
Private rented15.2% · 619
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house7.0% · 284
Semi-detached house33.0% · 1,341
Terraced house50.2% · 2,043
Purpose-built flat8.8% · 360
Converted house0.5% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014412
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
7 of 31

Parishes in the ward

Houghton Regis

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% owned8,062HHeath & Reach23.9% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned4,491HHoughton 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.