Electoral wardE05014688
Thurmaston ward, Charnwood
Thurmaston is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,816 residents in 4,026 households — 2,103 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melton and Syston constituency; for county elections it is in the Thurmaston Ridgemere division.
Residents, 20219,816council ward average 7,666
Households4,0262.44 residents per household
Density2,103/ km²about 4.67 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+22.1%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 426
5–95.9% · 575
10–157.4% · 722
16–193.9% · 383
20–244.6% · 454
25–3411.9% · 1,169
35–4919.0% · 1,869
50–6420.9% · 2,053
65–7412.0% · 1,174
75–847.2% · 705
85+3.0% · 292
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.0% · 724
1 car or van44.7% · 1,801
2 cars or vans27.4% · 1,104
3 or more9.9% · 398
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright42.6% · 1,714
With mortgage30.3% · 1,220
Shared ownership1.2% · 48
Social rented10.7% · 431
Private rented15.1% · 606
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house22.3% · 896
Semi-detached house52.0% · 2,091
Terraced house14.1% · 567
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 346
Converted house0.6% · 25
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 22
Caravan, mobile1.8% · 74
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014688- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Thurmaston Ridgemere
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 24
Parishes in the ward
Thurmaston
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.