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Electoral wardE05011975

Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden ward, Harborough

Market Harborough-Great Bowden & Arden is one of 19 electoral wards of Harborough District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,935 residents in 2,719 households — 608 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency; for county elections it is in the Market Harborough East division.

Residents, 20215,935council ward average 5,138
Households2,7192.18 residents per household
Density608/ km²about 9.77 km² · Harborough 165
Aged 65+23.5%Harborough: 22.0% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 290
5–95.3% · 317
10–156.9% · 411
16–194.0% · 237
20–244.7% · 277
25–3411.8% · 703
35–4919.3% · 1,148
50–6419.5% · 1,156
65–7412.0% · 715
75–847.9% · 468
85+3.6% · 213

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.5% · 530
1 car or van42.7% · 1,162
2 cars or vans29.1% · 791
3 or more8.7% · 236
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.5% · 993
With mortgage27.1% · 738
Shared ownership3.0% · 81
Social rented16.3% · 443
Private rented17.1% · 466
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house23.7% · 644
Semi-detached house42.2% · 1,148
Terraced house16.3% · 444
Purpose-built flat15.0% · 408
Converted house0.9% · 25
Other conversion0.6% · 17
Above shop / office1.1% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011975
County division
Market Harborough East
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
7 of 19

Parishes in the ward

Great Bowden

Other wards in the same constituency

GGlen22.5% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned5,880KKibworths22.0% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned8,710LLubenham19.7% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned2,995MMarket 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

All 19 wards of Harborough

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.