Electoral wardE05014736
Beech Hill ward, Luton
Beech Hill is one of 20 electoral wards of Luton Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 14,752 residents in 3,623 households — 10,903 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Luton North and Luton South and South Bedfordshire constituencies.
Residents, 202114,752council ward average 11,263
Households3,6234.07 residents per household
Density10,903/ km²about 1.35 km² · Luton 5,195
Aged 65+7.3%Luton: 11.7% · under 16: 28.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.8% · 1,293
5–99.1% · 1,340
10–1511.0% · 1,617
16–197.1% · 1,050
20–248.1% · 1,192
25–3415.3% · 2,263
35–4922.9% · 3,370
50–6410.5% · 1,546
65–744.5% · 660
75–842.1% · 309
85+0.7% · 107
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.9% · 1,045
1 car or van44.2% · 1,601
2 cars or vans18.7% · 679
3 or more8.2% · 297
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Luton overall: 53.9% owned, 16.4% social rented, 29.0% private rented.
Owned outright24.0% · 870
With mortgage26.6% · 965
Shared ownership0.3% · 10
Social rented12.8% · 465
Private rented36.0% · 1,305
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house7.9% · 287
Semi-detached house36.7% · 1,331
Terraced house36.5% · 1,323
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 483
Converted house3.9% · 141
Above shop / office1.7% · 61
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014736- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Constituency
- Luton North, Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarnfield15.4% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned9,644BBiscot8.6% aged 65+ · 51.2% owned10,916BBramingham20.8% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned13,917CCentral5.1% aged 65+ · 12.1% owned6,332CChallney9.5% aged 65+ · 59.0% owned17,082DDallow6.2% aged 65+ · 38.9% owned9,148FFarley8.1% aged 65+ · 34.3% owned15,467HHigh Town7.9% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned11,087LLeagrave13.8% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned11,189LLewsey11.3% aged 65+ · 50.1% owned10,114NNorthwell14.6% aged 65+ · 57.3% owned15,443PPoets16.4% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned7,168RRound Green11.1% aged 65+ · 52.5% owned10,828SSaints8.5% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned13,595
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.