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Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

Local authority area: Hinckley and Bosworth

Hinckley and Bosworth is a district council in Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 297.4 km² and had 114,298 residents in 2022 — about 384 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Hinckley.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Hinckley and Bosworth, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022114,298+7.8% since 2012
Land area297.4km²114.8 sq mi
Density384/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#277of 382 UK councils · #233 in England
Population estimates4 data points
106K108.8K112.4K114.3K
2012201520182022
History

How the council came to be

  1. 1974
    Created

    Hinckley and Bosworth became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Leicestershire

All councils in East Midlands
Charnwood184,748North West Leicestershire107,672Blaby104,182Harborough100,481Oadby and Wigston58,341Melton52,433
Elections

16 electoral wards

Census 2021: 113,639 residents in 49,446 households across the wards; 22.4% aged 65+, 74.4% of homes owned, 12.7% of households without a car.

1Earl Shilton4,652 households · 20.6% aged 65+10,6302Hinckley De Montfort4,690 households · 22.6% aged 65+10,5193Burbage Sketchley and Stretton4,554 households · 23.3% aged 65+10,4594Hinckley Clarendon4,071 households · 15.8% aged 65+9,3225Barwell4,070 households · 21.0% aged 65+9,1526Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton3,681 households · 25.8% aged 65+8,874

All wards of Hinckley and Bosworth

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CHinckley & Bosworth Borough CouncilCouncil office · Hinckley LE10 0FR · hours listedPBagworth & Thornton Parish CouncilParish council · Coalville LE67 1BLPBarlestone Parish CouncilParish council · Nuneaton CV13 0HUPDesford Parish CouncilParish council · Leicester LE9 9JP · hours listedPNewbold Verdon Parish CouncilParish council · Leicester LE9 9LB · hours listedPStoke Golding Parish CouncilParish council · Nuneaton CV13 6HD
Westminster

Constituencies

Hinckley and Bosworth · 13 wardsMid Leicestershire · 3 wards
Source: Wikidata Q946825 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.