Housing in LU5 4EJ
What the homes in LU5 4EJ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Dunstable Manshead
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,495 (2024)
LU5 4EJDunstable
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (42.4%). Flats make up 46.6%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
34.5% of households in the LU5 4EJ area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 7.4% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 12.6% own outright and 21.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned34.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.8%1%
- Private rented7.4%20.5%
- Social rented56%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.6 people living in it. 24.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (22%). 41.1% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Central Bedfordshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Central Bedfordshire (August 2026, +3.7% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around LU5 4EJ (Dunstable Manshead) (about 2,495 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.