Electoral wardE05011970
Glen ward, Harborough
Glen is one of 19 electoral wards of Harborough District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,880 residents in 2,375 households — 137 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency; for county elections it is in the Gartree division.
Residents, 20215,880council ward average 5,138
Households2,3752.48 residents per household
Density137/ km²about 42.95 km² · Harborough 165
Aged 65+22.5%Harborough: 22.0% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 271
5–95.8% · 338
10–157.9% · 464
16–194.7% · 276
20–244.0% · 234
25–3410.1% · 591
35–4918.2% · 1,070
50–6422.3% · 1,309
65–7411.9% · 697
75–848.1% · 479
85+2.5% · 149
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.4% · 151
1 car or van33.9% · 806
2 cars or vans41.8% · 993
3 or more17.9% · 425
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Harborough overall: 75.8% owned, 8.7% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright43.5% · 1,033
With mortgage35.2% · 836
Shared ownership1.5% · 36
Social rented6.6% · 157
Private rented13.2% · 314
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house58.7% · 1,395
Semi-detached house25.3% · 602
Terraced house11.9% · 282
Purpose-built flat2.8% · 66
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.6% · 14
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011970- Council
- Harborough District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Gartree
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 19
Parishes in the ward
Burton OveryGaulbyGreat GlenIllston on the HillKing's NortonLittle StrettonWistow
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
KKibworths22.0% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned8,710LLubenham19.7% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned2,995MMarket Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden23.5% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned5,935MMarket Harborough-Little Bowden20.7% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned5,695MMarket Harborough-Logan28.6% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned5,590MMarket Harborough-Welland19.9% aged 65+ · 73.4% owned8,856
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.