Electoral wardE05014751
Stopsley ward, Luton
Stopsley is one of 20 electoral wards of Luton Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 12,259 residents in 4,749 households — 2,984 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Luton North and Luton South and South Bedfordshire constituencies.
Residents, 202112,259council ward average 11,263
Households4,7492.58 residents per household
Density2,984/ km²about 4.11 km² · Luton 5,195
Aged 65+18.3%Luton: 11.7% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 689
5–96.1% · 754
10–158.0% · 983
16–194.5% · 550
20–245.2% · 639
25–3412.8% · 1,564
35–4919.4% · 2,384
50–6420.0% · 2,451
65–749.9% · 1,213
75–846.0% · 734
85+2.5% · 301
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.8% · 800
1 car or van42.1% · 2,001
2 cars or vans30.7% · 1,459
3 or more10.3% · 490
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Luton overall: 53.9% owned, 16.4% social rented, 29.0% private rented.
Owned outright37.2% · 1,768
With mortgage32.4% · 1,541
Shared ownership0.6% · 27
Social rented15.5% · 735
Private rented14.2% · 675
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house15.0% · 715
Semi-detached house59.1% · 2,811
Terraced house17.2% · 818
Purpose-built flat6.4% · 304
Converted house0.7% · 33
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.6% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 41
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014751- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Constituency
- Luton North, Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 19 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% owned10,916BBramingham20.8% 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% owned10,828
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.