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Electoral wardE05005535

Oadby Woodlands ward, Oadby and Wigston

Oadby Woodlands is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,634 residents in 1,643 households — 2,711 people per km², the 7th 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, 20214,634council ward average 5,775
Households1,6432.82 residents per household
Density2,711/ km²about 1.71 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+16.9%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 225
5–97.3% · 340
10–158.3% · 385
16–194.9% · 227
20–245.2% · 243
25–3410.0% · 464
35–4920.2% · 937
50–6422.3% · 1,032
65–7410.0% · 464
75–844.8% · 223
85+2.0% · 94

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.1% · 133
1 car or van35.3% · 580
2 cars or vans41.4% · 680
3 or more15.2% · 250
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.7% · 735
With mortgage36.2% · 595
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented3.0% · 49
Private rented15.9% · 261

Type of home

Detached house70.6% · 1,160
Semi-detached house22.2% · 364
Terraced house5.8% · 96
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 19
Converted house0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005535
County division
Oadby
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
4 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 Uplands19.4% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned4,522SSouth 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.