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Electoral wardE05005487
Hinckley Castle ward, Hinckley and Bosworth
Hinckley Castle is one of 16 electoral wards of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,029 residents in 3,246 households — 4,230 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hinckley and Bosworth constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Marys division.
Residents, 20217,029council ward average 7,102
Households3,2462.17 residents per household
Density4,230/ km²about 1.66 km² · Hinckley and Bosworth 382
Aged 65+16.8%Hinckley and Bosworth: 22.4% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 423
5–95.6% · 395
10–156.0% · 422
16–193.5% · 249
20–246.0% · 422
25–3417.1% · 1,203
35–4921.0% · 1,473
50–6417.9% · 1,260
65–748.6% · 602
75–845.8% · 408
85+2.5% · 174
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.9% · 775
1 car or van44.3% · 1,439
2 cars or vans25.3% · 820
3 or more6.5% · 211
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hinckley and Bosworth overall: 74.4% owned, 10.2% social rented, 14.4% private rented.
Owned outright29.4% · 955
With mortgage30.2% · 981
Shared ownership1.0% · 33
Social rented9.1% · 296
Private rented30.2% · 979
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house15.4% · 500
Semi-detached house30.0% · 976
Terraced house27.9% · 907
Purpose-built flat20.0% · 649
Converted house2.6% · 83
Other conversion1.1% · 35
Above shop / office3.0% · 98
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005487- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- St. Marys
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 16
Council offices in this ward
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% owned3,684EEarl Shilton20.6% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned10,630HHinckley 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
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.