Electoral wardE05015264
Countesthorpe ward, Blaby
Countesthorpe is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,966 residents in 3,335 households — 541 people per km², the 3rd 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, 20217,966council ward average 6,054
Households3,3352.39 residents per household
Density541/ km²about 14.72 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+23.6%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 392
5–96.1% · 488
10–157.6% · 602
16–193.9% · 313
20–244.6% · 368
25–3410.7% · 849
35–4918.3% · 1,455
50–6420.3% · 1,614
65–7413.0% · 1,039
75–848.1% · 647
85+2.4% · 195
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.8% · 294
1 car or van38.0% · 1,267
2 cars or vans38.7% · 1,290
3 or more14.5% · 484
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright43.3% · 1,444
With mortgage37.9% · 1,265
Shared ownership1.2% · 40
Social rented7.7% · 258
Private rented9.9% · 329
Type of home
Detached house40.7% · 1,356
Semi-detached house46.8% · 1,559
Terraced house9.4% · 312
Purpose-built flat1.9% · 62
Converted house0.4% · 12
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015264- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Cosby & Countesthorpe
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 17
Parishes in the ward
CountesthorpeKilby
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlaby25.0% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned7,123CCosby & South Whetstone18.6% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned5,495EEnderby18.3% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.