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Electoral wardE05005531

Oadby Brocks Hill ward, Oadby and Wigston

Oadby Brocks Hill is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,272 residents in 1,559 households — 2,122 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency; for county elections it is in the Oadby division.

Residents, 20214,272council ward average 5,775
Households1,5592.74 residents per household
Density2,122/ km²about 2.01 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+23.1%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 20.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 204
5–97.0% · 301
10–159.0% · 384
16–193.6% · 153
20–244.1% · 174
25–3410.3% · 439
35–4919.8% · 845
50–6418.4% · 784
65–7410.6% · 454
75–847.7% · 330
85+4.7% · 202

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.6% · 149
1 car or van42.5% · 663
2 cars or vans36.0% · 562
3 or more11.9% · 185
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Oadby and Wigston overall: 75.2% owned, 7.9% social rented, 16.0% private rented.

Owned outright51.2% · 799
With mortgage34.9% · 544
Shared ownership0.4% · 6
Social rented2.2% · 34
Private rented11.3% · 177

Type of home

Detached house46.8% · 729
Semi-detached house51.1% · 796
Terraced house1.0% · 16
Purpose-built flat0.6% · 10
Converted house0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005531
County division
Oadby
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
8 of 10

Other wards in the same constituency

OOadby Grange15.8% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned6,052OOadby St Peter's25.0% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned4,551OOadby Uplands19.4% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned4,522OOadby Woodlands16.9% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned4,634SSouth Wigston18.6% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned8,115WWigston All Saints30.1% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned5,874WWigston Fields18.5% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned6,863WWigston Meadowcourt23.1% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned6,304WWigston St Wolstan's23.8% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned6,561

All 10 wards of Oadby and Wigston

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.