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Electoral wardE05010127

Worthington & Breedon ward, North West Leicestershire

Worthington & Breedon is one of 38 electoral wards of North West Leicestershire District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,761 residents in 1,179 households — 77 people per km², the 18th 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, 20212,761council ward average 2,755
Households1,1792.34 residents per household
Density77/ km²about 35.72 km² · North West Leicestershire 375
Aged 65+23.4%North West Leicestershire: 20.1% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.1% · 112
5–95.0% · 138
10–157.2% · 198
16–193.6% · 100
20–244.2% · 117
25–349.0% · 248
35–4918.0% · 498
50–6425.5% · 705
65–7413.2% · 365
75–848.3% · 230
85+1.8% · 50

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.2% · 61
1 car or van32.6% · 385
2 cars or vans40.4% · 477
3 or more21.8% · 257
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.0% · 495
With mortgage36.4% · 429
Shared ownership0.4% · 5
Social rented8.7% · 102
Private rented12.4% · 146
Lives rent free0.2% · 2

Type of home

Detached house52.7% · 621
Semi-detached house36.7% · 432
Terraced house7.6% · 90
Purpose-built flat1.8% · 21
Converted house0.3% · 4
Other conversion0.6% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
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.