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Electoral wardE05011976

Market Harborough-Little Bowden ward, Harborough

Market Harborough-Little Bowden is one of 19 electoral wards of Harborough District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,695 residents in 2,329 households — 1,394 people per km², the 7th 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 and Market Harborough West & Foxton divisions.

Residents, 20215,695council ward average 5,138
Households2,3292.45 residents per household
Density1,394/ km²about 4.09 km² · Harborough 165
Aged 65+20.7%Harborough: 22.0% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 290
5–95.8% · 333
10–158.3% · 475
16–194.1% · 231
20–243.6% · 203
25–349.9% · 563
35–4921.5% · 1,226
50–6421.0% · 1,199
65–7410.0% · 572
75–847.3% · 418
85+3.3% · 187

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.6% · 248
1 car or van40.8% · 951
2 cars or vans37.9% · 882
3 or more10.6% · 248
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.4% · 895
With mortgage38.5% · 896
Shared ownership2.1% · 48
Social rented2.8% · 65
Private rented18.2% · 424

Type of home

Detached house53.8% · 1,254
Semi-detached house21.9% · 509
Terraced house14.5% · 337
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 173
Converted house0.8% · 19
Other conversion1.0% · 24
Above shop / office0.5% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011976
County division
Market Harborough East, Market Harborough West & Foxton
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
3 of 19

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-Great Bowden & Arden23.5% aged 65+ · 63.6% owned5,935MMarket 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.