Houghton Conquest & Clophill

Central Bedfordshire · East of England · population 10,166 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,787 of 6,856 in England
  • #238 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,324
Median age (est.)45
Density218per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above37%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 13%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 23%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Houghton Conquest & Clophill is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,787 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (82) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here, about £435,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 185 sales), 20% above the wider Central Bedfordshire median of £363,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,432 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 73 · #1,835
Employment 82 · #1,239
Education 59 · #2,836
Health 81 · #1,280
Crime 79 · #1,458
Housing & access 18 · #5,585
Living environment 63 · #2,534

House prices ?

£435,000median (12m) · -1.1% yr · n=185
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£435,000185-1.1%+31.8%
Detached£567,50092+11.3%+41.9%
Semi-detached£380,00061+8.6%+20.3%
Terraced£299,25031-7.2%+23.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£435,000
Central Bedfordshire£363,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£50,432±£7,178 · #995 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,104
Price-to-income ?8.6×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 343 offences
Central Bedfordshire51
East of England70
England83

Rank #705 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences189
Theft26
Burglary17
Vehicle crime36
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons20
Drugs10
Robbery0
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 101 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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