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Electoral wardE05010100

Castle Donington Castle ward, North West Leicestershire

Castle Donington Castle is one of 38 electoral wards of North West Leicestershire District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,515 residents in 1,179 households — 726 people per km², the 32nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Castle Donington & Kegworth division.

Residents, 20212,515council ward average 2,755
Households1,1792.13 residents per household
Density726/ km²about 3.46 km² · North West Leicestershire 375
Aged 65+25.4%North West Leicestershire: 20.1% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.4% · 85
5–94.4% · 110
10–156.1% · 154
16–194.1% · 102
20–245.9% · 148
25–3410.0% · 252
35–4919.4% · 489
50–6421.3% · 536
65–7412.0% · 301
75–8410.6% · 266
85+2.9% · 72

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.6% · 208
1 car or van44.4% · 523
2 cars or vans27.7% · 326
3 or more10.3% · 122
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.2% · 403
With mortgage27.4% · 323
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented15.9% · 187
Private rented22.3% · 263
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house28.3% · 334
Semi-detached house40.1% · 473
Terraced house16.7% · 197
Purpose-built flat9.4% · 111
Converted house2.8% · 33
Other conversion0.8% · 10
Above shop / office1.9% · 23
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.