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Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton ward, Hinckley and Bosworth

Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton is one of 16 electoral wards of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,874 residents in 3,681 households — 202 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hinckley and Bosworth constituency; for county elections it is in the Mallory and Markfield, Desford & Thornton divisions.

Residents, 20218,874council ward average 7,102
Households3,6812.41 residents per household
Density202/ km²about 43.93 km² · Hinckley and Bosworth 382
Aged 65+25.8%Hinckley and Bosworth: 22.4% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 401
5–96.2% · 548
10–157.3% · 648
16–193.8% · 338
20–243.6% · 320
25–3410.5% · 928
35–4917.4% · 1,545
50–6421.0% · 1,859
65–7413.8% · 1,220
75–849.0% · 798
85+3.0% · 267

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.0% · 333
1 car or van36.7% · 1,351
2 cars or vans38.4% · 1,413
3 or more15.9% · 584
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.6% · 1,676
With mortgage34.4% · 1,266
Shared ownership0.9% · 33
Social rented10.5% · 387
Private rented8.5% · 312
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house48.9% · 1,800
Semi-detached house36.3% · 1,338
Terraced house10.0% · 369
Purpose-built flat3.5% · 128
Converted house0.6% · 22
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.