Bedford · England
Kempston Hardwick population
20,000people · latest estimate
Kempston Hardwick has a population of 20,000, making it the 2nd largest place in Bedford.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Bedford population trends, 2001–2024.
Kempston Hardwick in context
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Kempston Hardwick sits in postcode district MK43.
Council tax
The area Band D council tax for Bedford, the billing authority covering Kempston Hardwick, is £2,472 for 2026–27.
From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.