Electoral wardE05014687
The Wolds ward, Charnwood
The Wolds is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,253 residents in 1,312 households — 73 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Loughborough constituency; for county elections it is in the Loughborough East and Sileby & The Wolds divisions.
Residents, 20213,253council ward average 7,666
Households1,3122.48 residents per household
Density73/ km²about 44.75 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+21.4%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 137
5–95.2% · 170
10–157.6% · 248
16–194.6% · 149
20–244.5% · 147
25–347.5% · 244
35–4919.6% · 637
50–6425.3% · 822
65–7411.9% · 388
75–847.2% · 233
85+2.3% · 76
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.8% · 76
1 car or van28.7% · 377
2 cars or vans43.6% · 573
3 or more21.9% · 287
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright47.6% · 625
With mortgage37.7% · 494
Shared ownership0.6% · 8
Social rented3.7% · 49
Private rented10.2% · 134
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house66.7% · 875
Semi-detached house24.1% · 316
Terraced house5.8% · 76
Purpose-built flat0.4% · 5
Converted house0.4% · 5
Other conversion1.0% · 13
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014687- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Loughborough East, Sileby & The Wolds
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Burton on the WoldsCotesHotonPrestwoldWalton on the WoldsWymeswold
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% owned6,946SShepshed West21.5% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned7,923SSileby & Seagrave16.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned8,419
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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.