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Charnwood Borough Council

Local authority area: Charnwood

Charnwood is a district council in Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 279.0 km² and had 184,748 residents in 2022 — about 662 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Loughborough.

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Town hall in the administrative centreLoughborough Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Charnwood, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022184,748+9.4% since 2012

Land area279.0km²107.7 sq mi

Density662/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#145of 382 UK councils · #131 in England

Population estimates4 data points

168.8K176.7K182.6K184.7K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Charnwood became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Leicestershire

All councils in East Midlands

Hinckley and Bosworth114,298 North West Leicestershire107,672 Blaby104,182 Harborough100,481 Oadby and Wigston58,341 Melton52,433

Elections

24 electoral wards

Census 2021: 183,987 residents in 73,780 households across the wards; 18.8% aged 65+, 69.8% of homes owned, 15.6% of households without a car.

1Loughborough Ashby3,127 households · 12.1% aged 65+12,374 2Loughborough East5,374 households · 11.2% aged 65+12,179 3Syston5,085 households · 20.8% aged 65+11,969 4Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe4,149 households · 20.8% aged 65+10,573 5Thurmaston4,026 households · 22.1% aged 65+9,816 6Wreake Valley3,798 households · 24.6% aged 65+9,422

All wards of Charnwood

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CCharnwood Borough CouncilCouncil office · Loughborough LE11 2TX · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Loughborough · 14 wards Mid Leicestershire · 7 wards Melton and Syston · 5 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1067639 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.