Electoral wardE05014676
Loughborough Southfields ward, Charnwood
Loughborough Southfields is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,639 residents in 2,517 households — 4,482 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Loughborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Loughborough East and Loughborough South divisions.
Residents, 20217,639council ward average 7,666
Households2,5173.03 residents per household
Density4,482/ km²about 1.70 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+10.7%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 9.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.3% · 175
5–92.8% · 211
10–154.1% · 313
16–1910.3% · 784
20–2437.1% · 2,832
25–3410.7% · 815
35–4911.4% · 871
50–6410.8% · 825
65–745.5% · 421
75–843.6% · 276
85+1.5% · 117
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.3% · 713
1 car or van40.9% · 1,029
2 cars or vans21.1% · 532
3 or more9.6% · 242
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright22.9% · 575
With mortgage16.8% · 423
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented18.2% · 456
Private rented41.8% · 1,049
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house18.3% · 461
Semi-detached house27.5% · 691
Terraced house25.3% · 638
Purpose-built flat21.7% · 546
Converted house4.5% · 114
Other conversion0.5% · 12
Above shop / office2.1% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014676- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Loughborough East, Loughborough South
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 24
Council offices in this ward
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 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 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.