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Electoral wardE05010114

Ibstock West ward, North West Leicestershire

Ibstock West is one of 38 electoral wards of North West Leicestershire District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,017 residents in 1,294 households — 1,417 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Ibstock & Appleby division.

Residents, 20213,017council ward average 2,755
Households1,2942.33 residents per household
Density1,417/ km²about 2.13 km² · North West Leicestershire 375
Aged 65+20.8%North West Leicestershire: 20.1% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 168
5–96.8% · 204
10–156.3% · 190
16–193.7% · 113
20–245.5% · 166
25–3413.1% · 395
35–4918.9% · 569
50–6419.3% · 582
65–7411.9% · 358
75–846.7% · 203
85+2.2% · 67

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.5% · 162
1 car or van40.8% · 528
2 cars or vans34.3% · 444
3 or more12.4% · 160
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.8% · 463
With mortgage38.2% · 494
Shared ownership1.9% · 25
Social rented15.1% · 195
Private rented8.8% · 114
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house36.5% · 472
Semi-detached house45.9% · 594
Terraced house14.0% · 181
Purpose-built flat2.9% · 38
Converted house0.1% · 1
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 7
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.