Electoral wardE05014743
High Town ward, Luton
High Town is one of 20 electoral wards of Luton Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,087 residents in 4,564 households — 7,256 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Luton South and South Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 202111,087council ward average 11,263
Households4,5642.43 residents per household
Density7,256/ km²about 1.53 km² · Luton 5,195
Aged 65+7.9%Luton: 11.7% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.7% · 857
5–96.5% · 715
10–156.6% · 731
16–193.2% · 359
20–249.1% · 1,005
25–3421.2% · 2,345
35–4923.7% · 2,622
50–6414.1% · 1,566
65–744.3% · 477
75–842.4% · 264
85+1.2% · 138
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.2% · 1,695
1 car or van44.3% · 2,018
2 cars or vans14.6% · 664
3 or more4.0% · 183
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Luton overall: 53.9% owned, 16.4% social rented, 29.0% private rented.
Owned outright16.2% · 740
With mortgage18.5% · 846
Shared ownership0.4% · 19
Social rented11.7% · 533
Private rented52.9% · 2,415
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house6.1% · 280
Semi-detached house21.5% · 980
Terraced house19.2% · 878
Purpose-built flat44.8% · 2,044
Converted house5.9% · 268
Other conversion1.3% · 59
Above shop / office1.1% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014743- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarnfield15.4% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned9,644BBeech Hill7.3% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned14,752BBiscot8.6% aged 65+ · 51.2% owned10,916CCentral5.1% 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% owned15,467RRound Green11.1% aged 65+ · 52.5% owned10,828SSaints8.5% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned13,595SSouth9.0% aged 65+ · 31.3% owned11,419SStopsley18.3% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned12,259VVauxhall12.4% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned6,692WWigmore15.6% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned9,757
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.