Vehicle barriers in Houghton Regis

Houghton Regis is the Census 2021 built-up area E63004127 in East of England. ONS counted 18,820 usual residents and a median age of 36.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Small. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 19.2%, then Human health and social work activities at 13.8%, then Construction at 12%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 41.7%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 33.2%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 12.7%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 12.4%. Tenure: Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 37.9%, then Rented: social rented at 24.4%, then Owned: owns outright at 22.8%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 14.9%.

The largest occupation group is Elementary occupations at 14.6% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 63.4% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in East of England include Huntingdon, Ipswich, Kempston.