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Leicestershire County Council
Local authority area: Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a county council, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 2,082.9 km² and had 722,155 residents in 2022 — about 347 people per km².
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Leicestershire, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022722,155+10.0% since 2012
Land area2,082.9km²804.2 sq mi
Density347/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#18of 382 UK councils · #18 in England
Population estimates3 data points
656.7K698.3K722.2K
201220182022
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Elections
53 county electoral divisions
Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.
| Division | District | Wards | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby de la Zouch | North West Leicestershire | 5 | 15,066 |
| Belvoir | Melton | 5 | 13,076 |
| Birstall | Charnwood | 2 | 14,319 |
| Blaby & Glen Parva | Blaby | 3 | 17,805 |
| Bradgate | Charnwood | 5 | 31,754 |
| Braunstone | Blaby | 3 | 17,262 |
| Broughton Astley | Harborough | 4 | 16,067 |
| Bruntingthorpe | Harborough | 5 | 17,926 |
| Burbage | Hinckley and Bosworth | 2 | 16,508 |
| Castle Donington & Kegworth | North West Leicestershire | 5 | 12,451 |
| Coalville North | North West Leicestershire | 6 | 16,647 |
| Coalville South | North West Leicestershire | 6 | 16,449 |
| Cosby & Countesthorpe | Blaby | 2 | 13,461 |
| De Montfort | Hinckley and Bosworth | 2 | 17,866 |
| Earl Shilton | Hinckley and Bosworth | 2 | 19,782 |
| East Wigston | Oadby and Wigston | 2 | 12,178 |
| Enderby & Lubbesthorpe | Blaby | 3 | 20,612 |
| Forest & Measham | North West Leicestershire | 5 | 14,093 |
| Gartree | Harborough | 4 | 20,085 |
| Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests | Blaby | 6 | 34,800 |
| Groby & Ratby | Hinckley and Bosworth | 3 | 20,451 |
| Hollycroft | Hinckley and Bosworth | 2 | 16,669 |
| Ibstock & Appleby | North West Leicestershire | 5 | 14,300 |
| Launde | Harborough | 3 | 14,832 |
| Loughborough East | Charnwood | 4 | 31,362 |
| Loughborough North | Charnwood | 2 | 17,481 |
| Loughborough North West | Charnwood | 2 | 21,564 |
| Loughborough South | Charnwood | 3 | 23,001 |
| Loughborough South West | Charnwood | 4 | 30,694 |
| Lutterworth | Harborough | 3 | 13,910 |
| Mallory | Hinckley and Bosworth | 3 | 21,286 |
| Market Bosworth | Hinckley and Bosworth | 4 | 13,807 |
| Market Harborough East | Harborough | 4 | 25,930 |
| Market Harborough West & Foxton | Harborough | 4 | 23,136 |
| Markfield, Desford & Thornton | Hinckley and Bosworth | 3 | 22,516 |
| Melton East | Melton | 4 | 18,094 |
| Melton West | Melton | 3 | 15,174 |
| Melton Wolds | Melton | 5 | 10,947 |
| Narborough & Whetstone | Blaby | 2 | 13,948 |
| North Wigston | Oadby and Wigston | 4 | 25,602 |
| Oadby | Oadby and Wigston | 5 | 24,031 |
| Quorn & Barrow | Charnwood | 2 | 14,617 |
| Rothley & Mountsorrel | Charnwood | 3 | 22,531 |
| Shepshed | Charnwood | 3 | 24,059 |
| Sileby & The Wolds | Charnwood | 2 | 11,672 |
| South & West Wigston | Oadby and Wigston | 2 | 14,978 |
| St. Marys | Hinckley and Bosworth | 3 | 22,400 |
| Stoney Stanton & Croft | Blaby | 3 | 14,688 |
| Syston Fosse | Charnwood | 1 | 9,422 |
| Syston Ridgeway | Charnwood | 3 | 26,892 |
| Thurmaston Ridgemere | Charnwood | 3 | 22,217 |
| Valley | North West Leicestershire | 5 | 14,582 |
| Whitwick | North West Leicestershire | 6 | 14,884 |
Source: Wikidata Q21272890 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.