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Electoral wardE05005485

Earl Shilton ward, Hinckley and Bosworth

Earl Shilton is one of 16 electoral wards of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 10,630 residents in 4,652 households — 1,293 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hinckley and Bosworth constituency; for county elections it is in the Earl Shilton division.

Residents, 202110,630council ward average 7,102
Households4,6522.29 residents per household
Density1,293/ km²about 8.22 km² · Hinckley and Bosworth 382
Aged 65+20.6%Hinckley and Bosworth: 22.4% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 573
5–95.6% · 596
10–156.6% · 706
16–193.6% · 381
20–245.2% · 554
25–3413.4% · 1,419
35–4919.0% · 2,024
50–6420.6% · 2,187
65–7411.2% · 1,188
75–846.6% · 700
85+2.8% · 300

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.4% · 670
1 car or van43.5% · 2,022
2 cars or vans31.2% · 1,453
3 or more10.9% · 507
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.2% · 1,637
With mortgage32.2% · 1,500
Shared ownership1.2% · 57
Social rented15.0% · 700
Private rented16.2% · 756
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house24.2% · 1,126
Semi-detached house43.9% · 2,043
Terraced house18.6% · 866
Purpose-built flat10.8% · 503
Converted house0.6% · 27
Other conversion1.0% · 47
Above shop / office0.8% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005485
County division
Earl Shilton
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
6 of 16

Parishes in the ward

Earl Shilton

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 Sketchley and Stretton23.3% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned10,459BBurbage St Catherines and Lash Hill27.4% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned6,049CCadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone30.3% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned3,684HHinckley 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.