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Electoral wardE05005532

Oadby Grange ward, Oadby and Wigston

Oadby Grange is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,052 residents in 1,573 households — 2,056 people per km², the 5th 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, 20216,052council ward average 5,775
Households1,5733.85 residents per household
Density2,056/ km²about 2.94 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+15.8%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 13.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.5% · 211
5–94.4% · 267
10–155.9% · 356
16–1922.6% · 1,366
20–247.5% · 454
25–348.8% · 534
35–4914.1% · 856
50–6417.4% · 1,050
65–747.5% · 456
75–845.3% · 319
85+3.0% · 182

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.4% · 163
1 car or van31.5% · 496
2 cars or vans35.5% · 558
3 or more22.6% · 356
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.5% · 716
With mortgage34.5% · 543
Social rented3.2% · 51
Private rented16.7% · 263

Type of home

Detached house63.7% · 1,002
Semi-detached house19.3% · 303
Terraced house9.5% · 149
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 92
Converted house1.3% · 20
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005532
County division
Oadby
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
9 of 10

Other wards in the same constituency

OOadby Brocks Hill23.1% aged 65+ · 86.1% owned4,272OOadby 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.