Electoral wardE05014750
South ward, Luton
South is one of 20 electoral wards of Luton Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 11,419 residents in 4,546 households — 4,058 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Luton South and South Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 202111,419council ward average 11,263
Households4,5462.51 residents per household
Density4,058/ km²about 2.81 km² · Luton 5,195
Aged 65+9.0%Luton: 11.7% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 743
5–96.3% · 720
10–156.9% · 790
16–194.9% · 564
20–2410.0% · 1,145
25–3419.0% · 2,170
35–4922.4% · 2,556
50–6414.9% · 1,705
65–744.7% · 534
75–843.0% · 338
85+1.3% · 152
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.6% · 1,801
1 car or van40.6% · 1,848
2 cars or vans15.2% · 689
3 or more4.6% · 209
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Luton overall: 53.9% owned, 16.4% social rented, 29.0% private rented.
Owned outright14.7% · 667
With mortgage16.7% · 758
Shared ownership0.4% · 18
Social rented22.8% · 1,037
Private rented45.2% · 2,057
Lives rent free0.3% · 15
Type of home
Detached house9.8% · 448
Semi-detached house21.7% · 989
Terraced house24.0% · 1,092
Purpose-built flat36.6% · 1,665
Converted house6.8% · 310
Other conversion0.5% · 24
Above shop / office0.5% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014750- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 17 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% owned15,467HHigh Town7.9% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned11,087RRound Green11.1% aged 65+ · 52.5% owned10,828SSaints8.5% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned13,595SStopsley18.3% 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.