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Electoral wardE05005538

Wigston Fields ward, Oadby and Wigston

Wigston Fields is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,863 residents in 2,684 households — 4,436 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency; for county elections it is in the North Wigston and South & West Wigston divisions.

Residents, 20216,863council ward average 5,775
Households2,6842.56 residents per household
Density4,436/ km²about 1.55 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+18.5%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 358
5–96.7% · 458
10–157.9% · 542
16–195.3% · 364
20–245.3% · 363
25–3412.3% · 843
35–4919.8% · 1,361
50–6419.0% · 1,306
65–748.5% · 585
75–846.1% · 417
85+3.9% · 265

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.1% · 513
1 car or van41.1% · 1,103
2 cars or vans30.3% · 813
3 or more9.5% · 255
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.5% · 978
With mortgage36.0% · 965
Shared ownership0.9% · 23
Social rented12.2% · 328
Private rented14.2% · 381
Lives rent free0.3% · 7

Type of home

Detached house12.1% · 324
Semi-detached house66.8% · 1,793
Terraced house16.2% · 435
Purpose-built flat3.7% · 100
Converted house0.7% · 19
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005538
County division
North Wigston, South & West Wigston
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
2 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% owned4,634SSouth Wigston18.6% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned8,115WWigston All Saints30.1% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned5,874WWigston 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.