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Electoral wardE05010120

Ravenstone & Packington ward, North West Leicestershire

Ravenstone & Packington is one of 38 electoral wards of North West Leicestershire District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,180 residents in 1,343 households — 157 people per km², the 6th 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 and Valley divisions.

Residents, 20213,180council ward average 2,755
Households1,3432.37 residents per household
Density157/ km²about 20.25 km² · North West Leicestershire 375
Aged 65+22.5%North West Leicestershire: 20.1% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 166
5–95.0% · 159
10–157.1% · 225
16–194.3% · 137
20–244.2% · 135
25–3410.8% · 342
35–4919.2% · 612
50–6421.7% · 690
65–7412.5% · 398
75–847.8% · 247
85+2.2% · 70

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.7% · 117
1 car or van33.6% · 451
2 cars or vans39.6% · 532
3 or more18.1% · 243
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.9% · 602
With mortgage34.7% · 465
Shared ownership1.5% · 20
Social rented9.2% · 123
Private rented9.8% · 131

Type of home

Detached house54.0% · 726
Semi-detached house26.8% · 360
Terraced house12.6% · 170
Purpose-built flat2.5% · 33
Converted house0.5% · 7
Other conversion1.0% · 14
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile2.3% · 31
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.