Electoral wardE05015263
Cosby & South Whetstone ward, Blaby
Cosby & South Whetstone is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,495 residents in 2,224 households — 373 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Cosby & Countesthorpe division.
Residents, 20215,495council ward average 6,054
Households2,2242.47 residents per household
Density373/ km²about 14.72 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+18.6%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 314
5–96.3% · 348
10–157.7% · 425
16–194.4% · 243
20–244.4% · 240
25–3411.6% · 636
35–4919.6% · 1,078
50–6421.6% · 1,186
65–7410.3% · 568
75–846.3% · 346
85+1.9% · 106
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.5% · 189
1 car or van36.4% · 810
2 cars or vans39.3% · 874
3 or more15.8% · 351
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright39.6% · 880
With mortgage39.8% · 885
Shared ownership1.3% · 28
Social rented10.3% · 229
Private rented9.0% · 200
Type of home
Detached house44.9% · 998
Semi-detached house42.1% · 935
Terraced house10.0% · 223
Purpose-built flat2.1% · 46
Converted house0.4% · 8
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015263- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Cosby & Countesthorpe
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 17
Parishes in the ward
CosbyWhetstone
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlaby25.0% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned7,123CCountesthorpe23.6% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned7,966EEnderby18.3% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned5,202FFosse Highcross25.1% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned6,483FFosse Normanton19.5% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned2,930FFosse Stoney Cove19.3% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned5,275GGlen Parva20.6% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned5,414LLeicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe14.9% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned9,364NNarborough & Littlethorpe20.1% aged 65+ · 79.0% owned8,680NNorth Whetstone19.1% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned5,268
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.