Electoral wardE05014667
Barrow upon Soar ward, Charnwood
Barrow upon Soar is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,358 residents in 3,222 households — 651 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Loughborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Quorn & Barrow division.
Residents, 20217,358council ward average 7,666
Households3,2222.28 residents per household
Density651/ km²about 11.31 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+22.0%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 380
5–95.8% · 425
10–157.3% · 536
16–194.0% · 296
20–244.0% · 291
25–3411.4% · 837
35–4919.8% · 1,453
50–6420.7% · 1,521
65–7412.3% · 902
75–847.4% · 545
85+2.3% · 170
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.9% · 352
1 car or van41.6% · 1,343
2 cars or vans36.0% · 1,161
3 or more11.4% · 369
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright41.1% · 1,323
With mortgage35.5% · 1,142
Shared ownership1.5% · 49
Social rented8.5% · 275
Private rented13.3% · 429
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house38.3% · 1,232
Semi-detached house31.4% · 1,010
Terraced house19.7% · 634
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 190
Converted house0.8% · 25
Other conversion0.5% · 16
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Caravan, mobile2.9% · 92
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014667- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Quorn & Barrow
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Barrow upon Soar
Other wards in the same constituency
DDishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre22.9% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned9,190LLoughborough Ashby12.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned12,374LLoughborough East11.2% aged 65+ · 40.8% owned12,179LLoughborough Nanpantan23.4% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned2,958LLoughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe20.8% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned10,573LLoughborough Southfields10.7% aged 65+ · 39.7% owned7,639LLoughborough Storer12.0% aged 65+ · 38.6% owned8,291LLoughborough Woodthorpe8.8% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,789QQuorn & Mountsorrel Castle24.0% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned7,259SShepshed East22.5% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned6,946SShepshed West21.5% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned7,923SSileby & Seagrave16.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned8,419TThe Wolds21.4% aged 65+ · 85.3% owned3,253
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.