Electoral wardE05014668
Birstall East & Wanlip ward, Charnwood
Birstall East & Wanlip is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,668 residents in 2,750 households — 3,211 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Birstall and Syston Ridgeway divisions.
Residents, 20216,668council ward average 7,666
Households2,7502.42 residents per household
Density3,211/ km²about 2.08 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+23.2%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 296
5–95.7% · 380
10–156.6% · 443
16–193.7% · 245
20–245.2% · 350
25–3410.9% · 725
35–4918.7% · 1,245
50–6421.6% · 1,441
65–7411.0% · 731
75–848.6% · 576
85+3.6% · 239
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.3% · 421
1 car or van41.2% · 1,131
2 cars or vans31.7% · 872
3 or more11.8% · 324
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright46.8% · 1,285
With mortgage34.3% · 943
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented5.9% · 162
Private rented12.7% · 348
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house19.1% · 525
Semi-detached house67.7% · 1,861
Terraced house4.4% · 121
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 165
Converted house1.2% · 33
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office1.2% · 32
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014668- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Birstall, Syston Ridgeway
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 24
Parishes in the ward
BirstallWanlip
Other wards in the same constituency
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.