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Electoral wardE05010116
Long Whatton & Diseworth ward, North West Leicestershire
Long Whatton & Diseworth is one of 38 electoral wards of North West Leicestershire District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,573 residents in 1,139 households — 88 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North West Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Valley division.
Residents, 20212,573council ward average 2,755
Households1,1392.26 residents per household
Density88/ km²about 29.11 km² · North West Leicestershire 375
Aged 65+27.1%North West Leicestershire: 20.1% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 92
5–94.9% · 125
10–155.8% · 148
16–193.3% · 85
20–244.5% · 116
25–348.6% · 220
35–4918.3% · 470
50–6424.1% · 619
65–7414.6% · 375
75–8410.1% · 260
85+2.4% · 63
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.2% · 71
1 car or van34.6% · 395
2 cars or vans40.4% · 461
3 or more18.7% · 213
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North West Leicestershire overall: 71.8% owned, 13.5% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright45.7% · 520
With mortgage31.3% · 357
Shared ownership0.8% · 9
Social rented8.3% · 95
Private rented13.7% · 156
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house58.6% · 667
Semi-detached house31.8% · 362
Terraced house6.7% · 76
Purpose-built flat0.9% · 10
Converted house0.3% · 3
Other conversion1.8% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010116- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Valley
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 36 of 38
Parishes in the ward
BeltonLong Whatton and Diseworth
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshby Castle22.4% aged 65+ · 85.2% owned3,173AAshby Holywell18.3% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned3,228AAshby Ivanhoe21.6% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned3,363AAshby Money Hill17.2% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned3,211AAshby Willesley28.9% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned2,148AAshby Woulds16.8% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned2,722BBardon11.0% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned2,820BBlackfordby23.1% aged 65+ · 73.7% owned3,116BBroom Leys32.4% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned2,116CCastle Donington Castle25.4% aged 65+ · 61.6% owned2,515CCastle Donington Central22.0% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned2,309CCastle Donington Park14.4% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned2,522CCastle Rock24.8% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned2,660CCoalville East14.2% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned2,632
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.