Electoral wardE05015275
North Whetstone ward, Blaby
North Whetstone is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,268 residents in 2,239 households — 2,256 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Narborough & Whetstone and Blaby & Glen Parva divisions.
Residents, 20215,268council ward average 6,054
Households2,2392.35 residents per household
Density2,256/ km²about 2.34 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+19.1%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 324
5–95.6% · 294
10–156.8% · 356
16–194.1% · 218
20–245.8% · 307
25–3413.7% · 723
35–4918.3% · 967
50–6420.4% · 1,077
65–7410.2% · 539
75–846.2% · 327
85+2.7% · 140
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.6% · 306
1 car or van39.8% · 893
2 cars or vans34.3% · 770
3 or more12.3% · 275
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright35.0% · 785
With mortgage39.2% · 877
Shared ownership1.2% · 28
Social rented13.5% · 302
Private rented11.1% · 248
Type of home
Detached house32.7% · 731
Semi-detached house44.5% · 996
Terraced house13.7% · 306
Purpose-built flat8.8% · 196
Converted house0.1% · 3
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015275- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Narborough & Whetstone, Blaby & Glen Parva
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 17
Parishes in the ward
BlabyWhetstone
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlaby25.0% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned7,123CCosby & South Whetstone18.6% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned5,495CCountesthorpe23.6% 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% owned8,680
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.