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Electoral wardE05010119
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe ward, North West Leicestershire
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe is one of 38 electoral wards of North West Leicestershire District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,884 residents in 1,172 households — 392 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hinckley and Bosworth constituency; for county elections it is in the Forest & Measham division.
Residents, 20212,884council ward average 2,755
Households1,1722.46 residents per household
Density392/ km²about 7.35 km² · North West Leicestershire 375
Aged 65+15.9%North West Leicestershire: 20.1% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 129
5–96.6% · 190
10–158.2% · 237
16–195.3% · 152
20–244.5% · 131
25–3411.3% · 325
35–4920.3% · 584
50–6423.5% · 677
65–7410.5% · 302
75–843.9% · 112
85+1.5% · 44
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.1% · 107
1 car or van33.6% · 394
2 cars or vans40.7% · 477
3 or more16.6% · 194
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; North West Leicestershire overall: 71.8% owned, 13.5% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright36.9% · 432
With mortgage39.7% · 464
Social rented13.4% · 157
Private rented10.0% · 117
Type of home
Detached house40.6% · 475
Semi-detached house35.2% · 412
Terraced house18.1% · 212
Purpose-built flat4.2% · 49
Converted house0.4% · 5
Other conversion0.5% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010119- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Forest & Measham
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 26 of 38
Parishes in the ward
Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe and Acresford
Other wards in the same constituency
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.