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Electoral wardE05014416

Leighton-Linslade West ward, Central Bedfordshire

Leighton-Linslade West is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 13,310 residents in 5,913 households — 2,024 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

Residents, 202113,310council ward average 9,492
Households5,9132.25 residents per household
Density2,024/ km²about 6.57 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+21.9%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 707
5–95.8% · 772
10–156.2% · 828
16–193.3% · 433
20–244.1% · 547
25–3413.1% · 1,743
35–4920.1% · 2,669
50–6420.3% · 2,696
65–7412.1% · 1,607
75–847.3% · 969
85+2.5% · 335

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.2% · 837
1 car or van46.9% · 2,776
2 cars or vans30.0% · 1,773
3 or more8.9% · 528
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright37.6% · 2,220
With mortgage34.8% · 2,054
Shared ownership0.5% · 31
Social rented9.4% · 557
Private rented17.6% · 1,038
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house29.1% · 1,720
Semi-detached house25.4% · 1,500
Terraced house24.4% · 1,443
Purpose-built flat18.6% · 1,102
Converted house1.1% · 64
Other conversion0.7% · 44
Above shop / office0.6% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014416
Region
East of England
Density rank in council
8 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 South12.3% aged 65+ · 66.8% owned15,810

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.