City Profile • Local Authority

Luton

Luton is a local authority district comprising 4 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £290k, reflecting a downward trend of 5.2% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 90 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

226,973
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

4 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Luton authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English31.7%
Pakistani18.3%
White: Other White11.0%
Bangladeshi9.2%
Indian5.4%
African5.2%

Age Profile

30-34 years7.9%
35-39 years7.8%
10-14 years7.4%
5-9 years7.4%
25-29 years7.3%
40-44 years7.3%

Top Occupations

Elementary occupations17.0%
Professional15.7%
Process and machine operatives11.6%
Caring and leisure10.7%
Associate professional10.0%
Skilled trades9.8%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Mortgage28.2%
Private rented: Landlord26.9%
Owned: Outright25.7%
Social rented: Council10.8%
Social rented: Other5.6%
Private rented: Other2.0%

Area DNA

health9/10
safety4/10
transit10/10
investment1/10