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Electoral wardE05005536

South Wigston ward, Oadby and Wigston

South Wigston is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,115 residents in 3,572 households — 2,566 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency; for county elections it is in the South & West Wigston division.

Residents, 20218,115council ward average 5,775
Households3,5722.27 residents per household
Density2,566/ km²about 3.16 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+18.6%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 511
5–96.2% · 505
10–157.0% · 570
16–193.7% · 301
20–245.5% · 449
25–3414.6% · 1,182
35–4918.8% · 1,522
50–6419.3% · 1,566
65–748.9% · 723
75–847.1% · 573
85+2.6% · 213

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.2% · 864
1 car or van45.3% · 1,617
2 cars or vans22.8% · 814
3 or more7.8% · 277
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.0% · 1,215
With mortgage29.0% · 1,037
Shared ownership1.6% · 58
Social rented12.2% · 434
Private rented23.1% · 825
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house9.1% · 326
Semi-detached house47.4% · 1,694
Terraced house32.7% · 1,167
Purpose-built flat7.1% · 255
Converted house1.4% · 49
Other conversion1.0% · 36
Above shop / office1.3% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005536
County division
South & West Wigston
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
5 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% owned4,522OOadby Woodlands16.9% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned4,634WWigston 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.