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Electoral wardE05014414

Leighton-Linslade North ward, Central Bedfordshire

Leighton-Linslade North is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 14,425 residents in 5,787 households — 1,392 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 202114,425council ward average 9,492
Households5,7872.49 residents per household
Density1,392/ km²about 10.37 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+18.7%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 889
5–96.6% · 949
10–157.2% · 1,044
16–193.8% · 545
20–244.2% · 603
25–3413.4% · 1,939
35–4920.1% · 2,906
50–6419.8% · 2,853
65–7410.6% · 1,531
75–845.8% · 832
85+2.4% · 340

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.6% · 674
1 car or van39.8% · 2,301
2 cars or vans35.3% · 2,043
3 or more13.3% · 770
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.7% · 2,010
With mortgage39.4% · 2,280
Shared ownership1.6% · 90
Social rented13.3% · 773
Private rented11.0% · 638
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house27.8% · 1,607
Semi-detached house35.6% · 2,060
Terraced house26.9% · 1,558
Purpose-built flat8.1% · 468
Converted house1.1% · 62
Other conversion0.3% · 17
Above shop / office0.2% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014414
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
10 of 31

Parishes in the ward

EggingtonLeighton-Linslade

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% owned10,922HHoughton Regis West13.3% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned8,742LLeighton-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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.