Electoral wardE05014689
Wreake Valley ward, Charnwood
Wreake Valley is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,422 residents in 3,798 households — 245 people per km², the 6th 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 and Syston Fosse divisions.
Residents, 20219,422council ward average 7,666
Households3,7982.48 residents per household
Density245/ km²about 38.39 km² · Charnwood 659
Aged 65+24.6%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 499
5–95.4% · 506
10–156.8% · 642
16–194.1% · 391
20–245.1% · 478
25–349.6% · 902
35–4917.4% · 1,637
50–6421.8% · 2,052
65–7413.0% · 1,227
75–848.3% · 779
85+3.4% · 316
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.4% · 433
1 car or van35.0% · 1,332
2 cars or vans36.8% · 1,398
3 or more16.8% · 638
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright46.7% · 1,773
With mortgage34.1% · 1,296
Shared ownership0.7% · 28
Social rented8.3% · 316
Private rented10.1% · 385
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house46.4% · 1,764
Semi-detached house35.2% · 1,338
Terraced house12.9% · 492
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 166
Converted house0.4% · 17
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014689- Council
- Charnwood Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Thurmaston Ridgemere, Syston Fosse
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 24
Parishes in the ward
CossingtonEast GoscoteQueniboroughRatcliffe on the WreakeRearsbySouth CroxtonSystonThrussington
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.