Electoral wardE05014420
Sandy ward, Central Bedfordshire
Sandy is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 14,171 residents in 5,813 households — 414 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 202114,171council ward average 9,492
Households5,8132.44 residents per household
Density414/ km²about 34.21 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+18.9%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 763
5–96.0% · 844
10–157.9% · 1,123
16–194.4% · 621
20–244.7% · 673
25–3412.2% · 1,734
35–4919.4% · 2,756
50–6421.0% · 2,980
65–7411.0% · 1,558
75–845.8% · 826
85+2.1% · 298
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.9% · 691
1 car or van39.1% · 2,270
2 cars or vans34.7% · 2,018
3 or more14.3% · 832
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Central Bedfordshire overall: 71.2% owned, 13.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.
Owned outright32.5% · 1,887
With mortgage34.7% · 2,019
Shared ownership1.4% · 82
Social rented18.5% · 1,073
Private rented12.9% · 751
Type of home
Detached house28.8% · 1,674
Semi-detached house32.0% · 1,862
Terraced house29.5% · 1,718
Purpose-built flat8.1% · 470
Converted house0.6% · 33
Other conversion0.2% · 14
Above shop / office0.5% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014420- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 31
Parishes in the ward
BlunhamSandy
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.