Electoral wardE05014421
Shefford ward, Central Bedfordshire
Shefford is one of 31 electoral wards of Central Bedfordshire Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,769 residents in 3,788 households — 459 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hitchin constituency.
Residents, 20219,769council ward average 9,492
Households3,7882.58 residents per household
Density459/ km²about 21.30 km² · Central Bedfordshire 411
Aged 65+14.7%Central Bedfordshire: 18.0% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 644
5–97.0% · 680
10–157.7% · 747
16–194.3% · 415
20–245.8% · 564
25–3413.7% · 1,338
35–4921.5% · 2,097
50–6418.9% · 1,841
65–747.9% · 776
75–844.8% · 464
85+2.0% · 196
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.6% · 325
1 car or van37.4% · 1,417
2 cars or vans38.5% · 1,459
3 or more15.5% · 588
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Central Bedfordshire overall: 71.2% owned, 13.3% social rented, 13.7% private rented.
Owned outright30.0% · 1,138
With mortgage36.6% · 1,387
Shared ownership2.4% · 92
Social rented15.5% · 589
Private rented15.3% · 581
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house32.5% · 1,230
Semi-detached house26.4% · 1,000
Terraced house28.1% · 1,062
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 439
Converted house0.4% · 15
Other conversion0.5% · 18
Above shop / office0.6% · 21
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014421- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- Constituency
- Hitchin
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 31
Parishes in the ward
Campton and ChicksandsShefford
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.