Oadby and Wigston Borough Council

Local authority area: Oadby and Wigston

Oadby and Wigston is a district council in Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 23.5 km² and had 58,341 residents in 2022 — about 2,479 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Wigston.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Oadby and Wigston, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202258,341+4.0% since 2012

Land area23.5km²9.1 sq mi

Density2,479/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#373of 382 UK councils · #312 in England

Population estimates4 data points

56.1K55.8K57.1K58.3K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Oadby and Wigston became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

Norderstedt

Same county

Other councils in Leicestershire

All councils in East Midlands

Charnwood184,748 Hinckley and Bosworth114,298 North West Leicestershire107,672 Blaby104,182 Harborough100,481 Melton52,433

Elections

10 electoral wards

Census 2021: 57,748 residents in 22,616 households across the wards; 21.3% aged 65+, 75.2% of homes owned, 16.8% of households without a car.

1South Wigston3,572 households · 18.6% aged 65+8,115 2Wigston Fields2,684 households · 18.5% aged 65+6,863 3Wigston St Wolstan's2,610 households · 23.8% aged 65+6,561 4Wigston Meadowcourt2,779 households · 23.1% aged 65+6,304 5Oadby Grange1,573 households · 15.8% aged 65+6,052 6Wigston All Saints2,625 households · 30.1% aged 65+5,874

All wards of Oadby and Wigston

Westminster

Constituencies

Harborough, Oadby and Wigston · 10 wards

Source: Wikidata Q764425 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.