Property market | £359,195 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Luton (21.1 miles) | |
Broadband | 73.5mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 75.7% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 24.3% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 95 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 543 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North East Bedfordshire level) | |
Community | Median age is 40.5 | Happiness is Below Average for Bedfordshire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Bedford) | |
Commute (approx) | - London St Pancras (47 mins) - London Bridge (61 mins) - East Croydon (75 mins) - Cannon Street (80 mins) - Charing Cross (85 mins) | |
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£359,195 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Luton (21.1 miles) | |
73.5mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 40.5 | Happiness is Below Average for Bedfordshire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 95 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 543 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North East Bedfordshire level) | |
5.0 burglaries per 1k people (Bedford) | |
- London St Pancras (47 mins) - London Bridge (61 mins) - East Croydon (75 mins) - Cannon Street (80 mins) - Charing Cross (85 mins) | |
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The property market in Ravensden has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £598,297, which is up 2.1% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £359,195 (up 1.3% on last year) , a terraced house £277,662 (up 0.4% on last year) and a flat £181,865. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £768 per month. Property prices in Ravensden are similar to the average property prices across Bedfordshire and are a little higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Ravensden, prices have increased, while prices decreased across the Bedfordshire region.
Property data is based on Bedford level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Ravensden, or click here to browse the longer list of Ravensden property transactions from 2023.
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Ravensden has a couple of schools nearby, including St Thomas More Catholic School, which was was rated as outstanding in 2014. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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St Thomas More Catholic School Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 1: Outstanding (2/9/2011) | Ofsted Report Link | Bedford | |
Mark Rutherford School Save school | Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (11/15/2012) | Ofsted Report Link | Bedford |
School | Type |
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St Thomas More Catholic School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (2/9/2011) |
Mark Rutherford School Ofsted report Save school | Secondary school Latest rating - 2: Good (11/15/2012) |
Station | Distance from Ravensden | Commute options |
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Bedford A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -4% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- London St Pancras (66 mins - Thameslink) View details - London Bridge (78 mins - Thameslink) View details - East Croydon (100 mins - Thameslink) View details - Cannon Street (1 change(s) - 80 mins - Southeastern) View details - Charing Cross (1 change(s) - 85 mins - Southeastern) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 96 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Kings Cross (1 change(s) - 103 mins - Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern)) View details - Victoria (1 change(s) - 106 mins - Southern) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 107 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 110 mins - London Overground) View details - Wimbledon (1 change(s) - 121 mins - Thameslink) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 131 mins - Thameslink) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 161 mins - Thameslink) View details - Leeds (159 mins - East Midlands Railway) View details - York (1 change(s) - 158 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 170 mins - East Midlands Railway) View details |
Bedford St Johns A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -4% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 67 mins - Thameslink) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 81 mins - Thameslink) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 95 mins - Thameslink) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 102 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 123 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Wimbledon (1 change(s) - 141 mins - Thameslink) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 165 mins - Thameslink) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 168 mins - East Midlands Railway) View details |
Kempston Hardwick A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +8% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 81 mins - Thameslink - £512 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 95 mins - Thameslink - £512 monthly fare) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 109 mins - Avanti West Coast - £512 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 109 mins - Thameslink - £512 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 130 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Wimbledon (1 change(s) - 155 mins - Thameslink - £512 monthly fare) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 179 mins - Thameslink) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Bedford) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Bedford residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 75.7% | 81.7% |
Asian | 12.6% | 9.3% |
Black | 5.3% | 4.0% |
Mixed | 4.6% | 2.9% |
Other | 1.8% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the North East Bedfordshire consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 13.3% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 11.8% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 16.9% | 95 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 24.0% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.3% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 9.7% | |
Routine occupations | 9.3% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 4.9% | 543 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.7% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Bedfordshire is fast (80mbps). Ravensden is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 73.5mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the North East Bedfordshire level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 73.5 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 94.9% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.3% |
Crime stats were found at the Bedford level:
Type | Bedford | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 86 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 5 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 9 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 2 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 32 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Ravensden.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Lincs and Northants | Grendon Brooks, Wollaston Brook, Knuston Brook, Billing Brook | Grendon Brook, Wollaston Brook, Knuston Brook, Skew Bridge, Chelveston Brook, Hog Dyke, Barnwell Brook, Polebrook, Stonepit Dyke, Warmington Dyke, Southwick Brook, Billing Brook and Castor Splash |
East Anglia | River Great Ouse | Middle River Great Ouse from Newport Pagnell to Roxton |
East Anglia | River Great Ouse | River Great Ouse from Wyboston to the south of Brampton, including Duloe Brook, Hen Brook, Fox Brook |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Ravensden, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 2Secondary: 2 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Ampthill, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 6Secondary: 3 | 17.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Arlesey, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Henlow, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Ickwell, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: Secondary: | N/A |
Sandy, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 4Secondary: 1 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Woburn, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 17.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Clophill, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 17.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Bedford, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 26Secondary: 12 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Bromham, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Elstow, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 9Secondary: 5 | 17.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Pavenham, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 16.9% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Ravensden, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 2Secondary: 2 |
Ampthill, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 6Secondary: 3 |
Arlesey, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 |
Henlow, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Ickwell, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: Secondary: |
Sandy, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 4Secondary: 1 |
Woburn, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Clophill, Bedfordshire Affordability: Expensive Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £379,257 Detached: £622,537 | 55 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Bedford, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 26Secondary: 12 |
Bromham, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Elstow, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 9Secondary: 5 |
Pavenham, Bedfordshire Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £359,195 Detached: £598,297 | 86 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
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