Electoral wardE05005496
Bottesford ward, Melton
Bottesford is one of 16 electoral wards of Melton Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,687 residents in 1,639 households — 136 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melton and Syston constituency; for county elections it is in the Belvoir division.
Residents, 20213,687council ward average 3,234
Households1,6392.25 residents per household
Density136/ km²about 27.01 km² · Melton 108
Aged 65+29.4%Melton: 23.5% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.0% · 112
5–95.2% · 190
10–158.1% · 298
16–193.9% · 145
20–243.4% · 125
25–346.4% · 235
35–4916.6% · 611
50–6424.0% · 886
65–7415.5% · 570
75–849.7% · 359
85+4.2% · 154
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.4% · 187
1 car or van39.0% · 639
2 cars or vans35.6% · 583
3 or more14.0% · 229
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Melton overall: 71.0% owned, 10.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright46.6% · 763
With mortgage31.1% · 510
Shared ownership2.0% · 33
Social rented7.8% · 128
Private rented12.4% · 203
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house56.8% · 931
Semi-detached house31.7% · 520
Terraced house6.1% · 100
Purpose-built flat3.0% · 49
Converted house1.3% · 21
Other conversion0.6% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005496- Council
- Melton Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Belvoir
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 16
Parishes in the ward
Bottesford
Other wards in the same constituency
AAsfordby21.2% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned3,603CCroxton Kerrial23.8% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned1,820FFrisby-on-the-Wreake24.9% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned1,886GGaddesby29.1% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned1,703LLong Clawson and Stathern23.6% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,213MMelton Craven24.1% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned3,538MMelton Dorian20.2% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned5,515MMelton Egerton18.5% aged 65+ · 59.2% owned4,120MMelton Newport25.6% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned5,382MMelton Sysonby20.2% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned5,539MMelton Warwick23.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned3,635OOld Dalby23.6% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned1,943SSomerby26.1% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned1,812WWaltham-on-the-Wolds29.0% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned1,793
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.