Electoral wardE05014678
Loughborough Woodthorpe ward, Charnwood
Loughborough Woodthorpe is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,789 residents in 1,868 households — 2,441 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Loughborough and Mid Leicestershire constituencies; for county elections it is in the Bradgate and Loughborough South and Loughborough South West divisions.
Residents, 20214,789council ward average 7,666
Households1,8682.56 residents per household
Density2,441/ km²about 1.96 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+8.8%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 22.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.4% · 356
5–97.3% · 350
10–158.0% · 385
16–194.3% · 206
20–244.9% · 234
25–3417.5% · 836
35–4925.1% · 1,201
50–6416.7% · 800
65–745.6% · 268
75–842.2% · 104
85+1.0% · 50
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.9% · 111
1 car or van37.4% · 699
2 cars or vans46.8% · 875
3 or more9.8% · 183
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright25.6% · 478
With mortgage51.7% · 965
Shared ownership2.5% · 46
Social rented5.9% · 110
Private rented14.4% · 269
Type of home
Detached house50.7% · 948
Semi-detached house27.3% · 510
Terraced house19.3% · 360
Purpose-built flat2.3% · 43
Converted house0.2% · 4
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014678- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Bradgate, Loughborough South, Loughborough South West
- Constituency
- Loughborough, Mid Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
AAnstey21.0% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned7,695BBarrow upon Soar22.0% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned7,358BBirstall East & Wanlip23.2% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned6,668BBirstall West18.6% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned7,651DDishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre22.9% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned9,190FForest Bradgate25.6% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned3,364LLoughborough 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% owned8,291MMountsorrel17.3% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned7,017QQuorn & Mountsorrel Castle24.0% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned7,259
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.