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Ashby Holywell ward, North West Leicestershire

Ashby Holywell is one of 38 electoral wards of North West Leicestershire District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,228 residents in 1,370 households — 2,634 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashby de la Zouch division.

Residents, 20213,228council ward average 2,755
Households1,3702.36 residents per household
Density2,634/ km²about 1.23 km² · North West Leicestershire 375
Aged 65+18.3%North West Leicestershire: 20.1% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 190
5–95.6% · 182
10–157.7% · 249
16–194.3% · 138
20–244.8% · 156
25–3413.0% · 419
35–4920.7% · 669
50–6419.7% · 635
65–7412.0% · 388
75–844.9% · 157
85+1.4% · 45

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.4% · 156
1 car or van39.3% · 538
2 cars or vans39.3% · 539
3 or more10.0% · 137
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North West Leicestershire overall: 71.8% owned, 13.5% social rented, 13.5% private rented.

Owned outright35.2% · 482
With mortgage37.6% · 516
Shared ownership0.8% · 11
Social rented15.4% · 211
Private rented11.0% · 151

Type of home

Detached house48.5% · 665
Semi-detached house31.5% · 432
Terraced house15.2% · 208
Purpose-built flat4.5% · 61
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.