Electoral wardE05014754
Wigmore ward, Luton
Wigmore is one of 20 electoral wards of Luton Borough Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 9,757 residents in 4,051 households — 1,778 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Luton South and South Bedfordshire constituency.
Residents, 20219,757council ward average 11,263
Households4,0512.41 residents per household
Density1,778/ km²about 5.49 km² · Luton 5,195
Aged 65+15.6%Luton: 11.7% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 524
5–96.1% · 594
10–156.6% · 643
16–194.0% · 392
20–245.2% · 503
25–3414.2% · 1,382
35–4920.7% · 2,014
50–6422.3% · 2,178
65–749.8% · 959
75–844.5% · 440
85+1.3% · 124
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.4% · 584
1 car or van42.7% · 1,732
2 cars or vans32.7% · 1,325
3 or more10.2% · 414
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Luton overall: 53.9% owned, 16.4% social rented, 29.0% private rented.
Owned outright32.8% · 1,331
With mortgage33.5% · 1,357
Shared ownership0.2% · 7
Social rented10.6% · 428
Private rented22.8% · 924
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house25.5% · 1,034
Semi-detached house37.7% · 1,525
Terraced house21.3% · 861
Purpose-built flat14.5% · 585
Converted house0.7% · 30
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014754- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 20 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% owned13,595SSouth9.0% aged 65+ · 31.3% owned11,419SStopsley18.3% aged 65+ · 69.6% owned12,259VVauxhall12.4% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned6,692
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.