Electoral wardE05014682
Shepshed East ward, Charnwood
Shepshed East is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,946 residents in 3,059 households — 772 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Loughborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Shepshed division.
Residents, 20216,946council ward average 7,666
Households3,0592.27 residents per household
Density772/ km²about 8.99 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+22.5%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 344
5–95.0% · 349
10–155.9% · 411
16–193.5% · 245
20–245.1% · 357
25–3413.4% · 933
35–4918.4% · 1,275
50–6421.1% · 1,466
65–7412.4% · 864
75–847.0% · 489
85+3.0% · 208
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.5% · 444
1 car or van43.3% · 1,325
2 cars or vans31.7% · 969
3 or more10.4% · 319
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright37.3% · 1,142
With mortgage33.5% · 1,026
Shared ownership1.3% · 39
Social rented11.1% · 340
Private rented16.8% · 514
Type of home
Detached house35.5% · 1,085
Semi-detached house33.0% · 1,009
Terraced house20.7% · 634
Purpose-built flat9.2% · 280
Converted house0.7% · 21
Other conversion0.6% · 18
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014682- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Shepshed
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Shepshed
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 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 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.