For community intelligence mapping and reporting, please visit Local Insight, where you can explore and use a wide range of data and information.

Local Insight provides area profiles for:

• Bedford Borough
• Wards
• Bedford Town and Kempston Town
• Lower Super Output Areas among 0-20% most deprived in England
• Parishes

Bedford Borough facts and figures

• Population 189,891 in mid 2023 (Office for National Statistics). View detailed breakdown by age and sex (Excel) 
  Source: ONS 2023 Mid Year Population Estimates, published 15 July 2024
• Population 185,300 Census 2021 figures (Office for National Statistics). View detailed breakdown by age and sex (Excel)
  Source: ONS First results from Census 2021 in England and Wales - published 28 June 2022
• Households: 74,950 Census 2021 figures
  Source with detailed household data files: Demography and migration data, England and Wales: Census 2021 - published by the Office for National Statistics 2 November 2022
• Ethnicity: 64.1% of usual residents identified their ethnic group as "English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British" in March 2021 (2021 Census). This is a decrease from 71.5% in 2011.  
• View detailed breakdown by Ethnic Group (Excel)
  Source: ONS Ethnic group, national identity, language, and religion: Census 2021 in England and Wales – published 29 November 2022
  Data: ONS Ethnic Group Dataset

For further assistance

Please contact: intelligence@bedford.gov.uk for further information.