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Electoral wardE05011965

Bosworth ward, Harborough

Bosworth is one of 19 electoral wards of Harborough District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,411 residents in 1,367 households — 82 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Bruntingthorpe division.

Residents, 20213,411council ward average 5,138
Households1,3672.5 residents per household
Density82/ km²about 41.40 km² · Harborough 165
Aged 65+21.5%Harborough: 22.0% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 178
5–95.2% · 179
10–157.0% · 238
16–194.6% · 157
20–244.2% · 142
25–3411.1% · 377
35–4918.1% · 617
50–6423.1% · 788
65–7412.2% · 417
75–847.2% · 244
85+2.2% · 74

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.1% · 84
1 car or van30.8% · 421
2 cars or vans41.3% · 564
3 or more21.8% · 298
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Harborough overall: 75.8% owned, 8.7% social rented, 13.5% private rented.

Owned outright39.9% · 545
With mortgage35.6% · 486
Shared ownership1.3% · 18
Social rented8.6% · 118
Private rented14.6% · 200

Type of home

Detached house53.4% · 730
Semi-detached house27.7% · 378
Terraced house11.7% · 160
Purpose-built flat3.2% · 44
Converted house0.4% · 5
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Caravan, mobile3.1% · 43
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.