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Hinckley De Montfort ward, Hinckley and Bosworth

Hinckley De Montfort is one of 16 electoral wards of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 10,519 residents in 4,690 households — 2,034 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hinckley and Bosworth constituency; for county elections it is in the De Montfort division.

Residents, 202110,519council ward average 7,102
Households4,6902.24 residents per household
Density2,034/ km²about 5.17 km² · Hinckley and Bosworth 382
Aged 65+22.6%Hinckley and Bosworth: 22.4% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 502
5–95.2% · 542
10–155.9% · 620
16–193.7% · 391
20–244.8% · 508
25–3412.4% · 1,305
35–4919.0% · 1,997
50–6421.6% · 2,272
65–7412.5% · 1,312
75–847.6% · 804
85+2.5% · 266

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.4% · 674
1 car or van39.6% · 1,857
2 cars or vans33.8% · 1,584
3 or more12.3% · 577
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.2% · 1,933
With mortgage35.0% · 1,640
Shared ownership1.2% · 57
Social rented6.2% · 290
Private rented16.4% · 769
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house43.9% · 2,060
Semi-detached house27.2% · 1,274
Terraced house18.6% · 873
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 366
Converted house0.7% · 32
Other conversion1.2% · 56
Above shop / office0.6% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.