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Electoral wardE05014415

Leighton-Linslade South ward, Central Bedfordshire

Leighton-Linslade South is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 15,810 residents in 6,539 households — 3,014 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 202115,810council ward average 9,492
Households6,5392.42 residents per household
Density3,014/ km²about 5.25 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+12.3%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 23.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.3% · 1,316
5–97.3% · 1,156
10–157.6% · 1,204
16–193.4% · 530
20–244.1% · 650
25–3417.8% · 2,815
35–4923.6% · 3,738
50–6415.5% · 2,458
65–746.5% · 1,034
75–844.2% · 663
85+1.6% · 246

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.8% · 841
1 car or van42.1% · 2,756
2 cars or vans36.1% · 2,366
3 or more8.9% · 583
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.1% · 1,573
With mortgage42.7% · 2,792
Shared ownership2.7% · 175
Social rented12.9% · 846
Private rented17.4% · 1,136
Lives rent free0.2% · 11

Type of home

Detached house18.8% · 1,232
Semi-detached house33.6% · 2,197
Terraced house25.8% · 1,685
Purpose-built flat18.4% · 1,202
Converted house1.3% · 84
Other conversion0.8% · 50
Above shop / office1.0% · 68
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 23
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014415
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
6 of 31

Parishes in the ward

Leighton-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 North18.7% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned14,425LLeighton-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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.