Westoning, Harlington & Silsoe

Central Bedfordshire · East of England · population 10,724 · 6 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #821 of 6,856 in England
  • #95 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,507
Median age (est.)45
Density264per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above38%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 30%65+ 20%

Tenure

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

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 21%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

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 52% · No religion 40% · Hindu 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

Westoning, Harlington & Silsoe is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #821 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (88) but weak on Housing & access (24). Typical homes here sold for about £455,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 160 sales), 25% above the wider Central Bedfordshire median of £363,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,560 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 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 87 · #876
Employment 88 · #834
Education 75 · #1,691
Health 86 · #951
Crime 87 · #903
Housing & access 24 · #5,180
Living environment 84 · #1,088

House prices ?

£455,500median (12m) · -3.1% yr · n=160
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£455,500160-3.1%+11.1%
Detached£625,00070+0.8%+14.2%
Semi-detached£400,00051+1.0%+14.3%
Terraced£337,50028+8.2%+22.7%
Flat£215,000110.0%0.0%
This area£455,500
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)£50,560±£7,077 · #963 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,905
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 310 offences
Central Bedfordshire51
East of England70
England83

Rank #339 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences144
Theft34
Burglary15
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons33
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 102 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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