Marston Moretaine, Lidlington & Woburn

Central Bedfordshire · East of England · population 11,614 · 8 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,137 of 6,856 in England
  • #284 of 746 in East of England
  • #17 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,207
Median age (est.)40
Density148per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above36%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 9%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 13%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Marston Moretaine, Lidlington & Woburn is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,137 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (82) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 135 sales), in line with the wider Central Bedfordshire median of £363,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,584 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 72 · #1,883
Employment 82 · #1,218
Education 52 · #3,288
Health 73 · #1,828
Crime 69 · #2,103
Housing & access 17 · #5,667
Living environment 56 · #3,007

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=135
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,0001350.0%+3.4%
Detached£520,00045-3.7%+14.4%
Semi-detached£337,50040+0.1%+8.5%
Terraced£302,50044+4.3%+24.0%
Flat£195,0006-4.4%+33.3%
This area£350,000
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)£49,584±£6,959 · #1,129 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,010
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 474 offences
Central Bedfordshire51
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,308 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences196
Theft68
Burglary24
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons34
Drugs32
Robbery3
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 122 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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