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Electoral wardE05005533

Oadby St Peter's ward, Oadby and Wigston

Oadby St Peter's is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,551 residents in 2,000 households — 2,280 people per km², the 8th 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, 20214,551council ward average 5,775
Households2,0002.28 residents per household
Density2,280/ km²about 2.00 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+25.0%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 231
5–96.2% · 280
10–157.6% · 345
16–194.0% · 182
20–244.0% · 183
25–3411.1% · 503
35–4919.1% · 868
50–6418.1% · 822
65–7411.3% · 514
75–848.5% · 388
85+5.2% · 235

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.5% · 511
1 car or van42.5% · 851
2 cars or vans25.6% · 513
3 or more6.4% · 128
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.0% · 800
With mortgage22.9% · 459
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented14.4% · 288
Private rented22.1% · 443
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house17.3% · 347
Semi-detached house45.1% · 903
Terraced house14.2% · 284
Purpose-built flat20.3% · 407
Converted house1.2% · 25
Other conversion0.5% · 11
Above shop / office1.1% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005533
County division
Oadby
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
6 of 10

Other wards in the same constituency

OOadby Brocks Hill23.1% aged 65+ · 86.1% owned4,272OOadby Grange15.8% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned6,052OOadby 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.