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Electoral wardE05005534

Oadby Uplands ward, Oadby and Wigston

Oadby Uplands is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,522 residents in 1,571 households — 3,869 people per km², the 9th 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, 20214,522council ward average 5,775
Households1,5712.88 residents per household
Density3,869/ km²about 1.17 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+19.4%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 240
5–96.6% · 300
10–158.0% · 361
16–194.8% · 216
20–245.3% · 239
25–3411.2% · 507
35–4919.5% · 884
50–6419.9% · 898
65–749.9% · 446
75–846.8% · 308
85+2.7% · 124

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.2% · 145
1 car or van39.0% · 613
2 cars or vans37.2% · 585
3 or more14.5% · 228
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% · 715
With mortgage37.0% · 581
Shared ownership0.6% · 9
Social rented1.1% · 17
Private rented15.9% · 250

Type of home

Detached house41.2% · 647
Semi-detached house52.5% · 824
Terraced house4.2% · 66
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 27
Converted house0.1% · 2
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005534
County division
Oadby
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
3 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 St Peter's25.0% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned4,551OOadby 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.