Electoral wardE05014683
Shepshed West ward, Charnwood
Shepshed West is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,923 residents in 3,432 households — 869 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Loughborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Shepshed division.
Residents, 20217,923council ward average 7,666
Households3,4322.31 residents per household
Density869/ km²about 9.12 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+21.5%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 448
5–95.9% · 468
10–156.4% · 511
16–193.7% · 294
20–245.0% · 396
25–3414.1% · 1,116
35–4918.7% · 1,484
50–6419.0% · 1,506
65–7411.6% · 923
75–847.4% · 586
85+2.4% · 192
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.0% · 445
1 car or van41.1% · 1,412
2 cars or vans33.9% · 1,162
3 or more12.0% · 413
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright38.4% · 1,317
With mortgage35.5% · 1,219
Shared ownership0.8% · 28
Social rented10.5% · 361
Private rented14.6% · 502
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house32.9% · 1,129
Semi-detached house45.0% · 1,544
Terraced house14.8% · 509
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 188
Converted house0.6% · 19
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office1.0% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014683- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Shepshed
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 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 East22.5% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned6,946SSileby & 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.