Electoral wardE05014673
Loughborough East ward, Charnwood
Loughborough East is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,179 residents in 5,374 households — 2,075 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Loughborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Loughborough East division.
Residents, 202112,179council ward average 7,666
Households5,3742.27 residents per household
Density2,075/ km²about 5.87 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+11.2%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 707
5–95.6% · 682
10–156.1% · 743
16–194.8% · 580
20–249.5% · 1,160
25–3419.9% · 2,420
35–4920.9% · 2,549
50–6416.2% · 1,974
65–746.7% · 811
75–843.1% · 375
85+1.5% · 181
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.9% · 1,874
1 car or van44.5% · 2,392
2 cars or vans16.8% · 901
3 or more3.9% · 207
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright20.1% · 1,083
With mortgage20.7% · 1,113
Shared ownership0.9% · 47
Social rented27.4% · 1,474
Private rented30.7% · 1,650
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house5.8% · 311
Semi-detached house22.5% · 1,210
Terraced house35.1% · 1,888
Purpose-built flat31.1% · 1,674
Converted house2.0% · 108
Other conversion2.0% · 107
Above shop / office1.5% · 79
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014673- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Loughborough East
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarrow upon Soar22.0% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned7,358DDishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre22.9% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned9,190LLoughborough Ashby12.1% aged 65+ · 52.6% owned12,374LLoughborough 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.