Electoral wardE05005486
Groby ward, Hinckley and Bosworth
Groby is one of 16 electoral wards of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,809 residents in 2,896 households — 819 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Groby & Ratby division.
Residents, 20216,809council ward average 7,102
Households2,8962.35 residents per household
Density819/ km²about 8.31 km² · Hinckley and Bosworth 382
Aged 65+25.6%Hinckley and Bosworth: 22.4% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 322
5–95.8% · 396
10–156.9% · 467
16–193.5% · 237
20–243.8% · 259
25–349.3% · 633
35–4918.5% · 1,260
50–6421.9% · 1,489
65–7413.8% · 941
75–848.8% · 601
85+3.0% · 204
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.5% · 274
1 car or van39.3% · 1,139
2 cars or vans37.1% · 1,074
3 or more14.1% · 409
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hinckley and Bosworth overall: 74.4% owned, 10.2% social rented, 14.4% private rented.
Owned outright49.3% · 1,426
With mortgage35.3% · 1,023
Shared ownership0.9% · 25
Social rented4.8% · 139
Private rented9.7% · 282
Type of home
Detached house56.5% · 1,636
Semi-detached house31.7% · 917
Terraced house9.9% · 287
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 41
Converted house0.1% · 3
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005486- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Groby & Ratby
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 16
Parishes in the ward
Groby
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.