Electoral wardE05015276
Thorpe Astley & St Mary's ward, Blaby
Thorpe Astley & St Mary's is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,046 residents in 2,375 households — 2,914 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Enderby & Lubbesthorpe and Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests and Braunstone divisions.
Residents, 20216,046council ward average 6,054
Households2,3752.55 residents per household
Density2,914/ km²about 2.07 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+10.8%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 22.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 414
5–97.3% · 439
10–157.9% · 477
16–193.7% · 223
20–245.4% · 327
25–3416.4% · 989
35–4924.2% · 1,462
50–6417.5% · 1,061
65–746.4% · 387
75–843.5% · 212
85+0.9% · 57
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.7% · 255
1 car or van42.0% · 996
2 cars or vans36.7% · 872
3 or more10.6% · 251
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright24.6% · 585
With mortgage41.1% · 977
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented7.2% · 170
Private rented26.9% · 639
Type of home
Detached house30.8% · 730
Semi-detached house50.7% · 1,203
Terraced house13.1% · 312
Purpose-built flat4.2% · 99
Converted house0.8% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015276- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Enderby & Lubbesthorpe, Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests, Braunstone
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 17
Parishes in the ward
BraunstoneLeicester Forest East
Other wards in the same constituency
BBraunstone Millfield20.2% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned6,695BBraunstone Ravenhurst17.7% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned4,521GGlenfield Ellis21.1% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned5,946GGlenfield Faire27.8% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned4,874KKirby Muxloe27.3% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned5,640LLeicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe14.9% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned9,364
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.