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Electoral wardE05014413

Houghton Regis West ward, Central Bedfordshire

Houghton Regis West is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,742 residents in 3,478 households — 1,071 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 20218,742council ward average 9,492
Households3,4782.51 residents per household
Density1,071/ km²about 8.16 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+13.3%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.4% · 645
5–97.0% · 608
10–157.4% · 643
16–193.9% · 340
20–245.2% · 453
25–3416.0% · 1,400
35–4921.9% · 1,913
50–6418.0% · 1,576
65–747.7% · 676
75–843.7% · 323
85+1.9% · 166

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.9% · 485
1 car or van41.6% · 1,446
2 cars or vans34.1% · 1,185
3 or more10.5% · 364
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.4% · 849
With mortgage39.4% · 1,371
Shared ownership2.2% · 76
Social rented20.0% · 696
Private rented13.9% · 483
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house20.1% · 699
Semi-detached house34.5% · 1,200
Terraced house30.8% · 1,070
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 463
Converted house0.8% · 27
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014413
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
11 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 East12.0% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned10,922LLeighton-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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.