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Electoral wardE05011978

Market Harborough-Welland ward, Harborough

Market Harborough-Welland is one of 19 electoral wards of Harborough District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,856 residents in 3,779 households — 3,937 people per km², the 2nd 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 West & Foxton division.

Residents, 20218,856council ward average 5,138
Households3,7792.34 residents per household
Density3,937/ km²about 2.25 km² · Harborough 165
Aged 65+19.9%Harborough: 22.0% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 485
5–96.2% · 552
10–157.3% · 643
16–193.9% · 345
20–244.4% · 394
25–3412.9% · 1,140
35–4920.2% · 1,787
50–6419.7% · 1,747
65–7410.7% · 950
75–846.7% · 597
85+2.4% · 216

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.6% · 512
1 car or van42.1% · 1,592
2 cars or vans34.8% · 1,313
3 or more9.6% · 361
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.8% · 1,392
With mortgage36.6% · 1,384
Shared ownership2.2% · 82
Social rented9.9% · 374
Private rented14.5% · 547
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house36.2% · 1,369
Semi-detached house31.1% · 1,176
Terraced house24.9% · 940
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 218
Converted house0.4% · 17
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 41
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011978
County division
Market Harborough West & Foxton
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
1 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-Little Bowden20.7% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned5,695MMarket Harborough-Logan28.6% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned5,590

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.