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Electoral wardE05005483

Burbage Sketchley and Stretton ward, Hinckley and Bosworth

Burbage Sketchley and Stretton is one of 16 electoral wards of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 10,459 residents in 4,554 households — 1,136 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hinckley and Bosworth constituency; for county elections it is in the Burbage division.

Residents, 202110,459council ward average 7,102
Households4,5542.3 residents per household
Density1,136/ km²about 9.21 km² · Hinckley and Bosworth 382
Aged 65+23.3%Hinckley and Bosworth: 22.4% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 532
5–95.9% · 616
10–156.6% · 686
16–193.4% · 358
20–243.9% · 413
25–3411.6% · 1,212
35–4919.3% · 2,016
50–6420.9% · 2,189
65–7413.3% · 1,386
75–847.4% · 778
85+2.6% · 273

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.8% · 399
1 car or van37.9% · 1,728
2 cars or vans39.4% · 1,794
3 or more13.9% · 633
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Hinckley and Bosworth overall: 74.4% owned, 10.2% social rented, 14.4% private rented.

Owned outright44.2% · 2,011
With mortgage39.5% · 1,801
Shared ownership1.3% · 58
Social rented4.0% · 183
Private rented11.0% · 500
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house51.1% · 2,326
Semi-detached house34.4% · 1,568
Terraced house9.8% · 448
Purpose-built flat4.0% · 181
Converted house0.2% · 8
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005483
County division
Burbage
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
7 of 16

Parishes in the ward

Burbage

Other wards in the same constituency

AAmbien24.1% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned3,762BBarlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston24.4% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned3,260BBarwell21.0% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned9,152BBurbage St Catherines and Lash Hill27.4% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned6,049CCadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone30.3% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned3,684EEarl Shilton20.6% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned10,630HHinckley Castle16.8% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned7,029HHinckley Clarendon15.8% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned9,322HHinckley De Montfort22.6% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned10,519HHinckley Trinity17.8% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned7,347NNewbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton25.8% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned8,874TTwycross and Witherley with Sheepy29.3% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned3,101

All 16 wards of Hinckley and Bosworth

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.