Toddington, Heath & Reach

Central Bedfordshire · East of England · population 11,205 · 6 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,726 of 6,856 in England
  • #379 of 746 in East of England
  • #23 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,700
Median age (est.)45
Density162per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above35%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Toddington, Heath & Reach is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,726 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (78) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £385,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 218 sales), 6% above the wider Central Bedfordshire median of £363,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,757 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 68 · #2,226
Employment 74 · #1,746
Education 44 · #3,857
Health 78 · #1,513
Crime 49 · #3,487
Housing & access 20 · #5,496
Living environment 41 · #4,063

House prices ?

£385,000median (12m) · -1.3% yr · n=218
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£385,000218-1.3%+8.5%
Detached£475,00068-13.6%-3.0%
Semi-detached£384,75077+2.6%+12.0%
Terraced£310,00067+1.6%+25.3%
Flat£167,5006
This area£385,000
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)£48,757±£6,890 · #1,287 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,679
Price-to-income ?7.9×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 643 offences
Central Bedfordshire51
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,662 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences251
Theft76
Burglary26
Vehicle crime91
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons72
Drugs33
Robbery7
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 197 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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