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Electoral wardE05005539

Wigston Meadowcourt ward, Oadby and Wigston

Wigston Meadowcourt is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,304 residents in 2,779 households — 1,249 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency; for county elections it is in the East Wigston and North Wigston divisions.

Residents, 20216,304council ward average 5,775
Households2,7792.27 residents per household
Density1,249/ km²about 5.05 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+23.1%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 311
5–95.7% · 358
10–156.1% · 383
16–193.9% · 245
20–244.9% · 306
25–3413.3% · 840
35–4917.5% · 1,102
50–6420.7% · 1,308
65–7412.7% · 800
75–847.6% · 477
85+2.8% · 177

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 398
1 car or van43.2% · 1,200
2 cars or vans32.9% · 915
3 or more9.5% · 265
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.9% · 1,220
With mortgage33.6% · 935
Shared ownership0.9% · 25
Social rented6.6% · 183
Private rented15.0% · 417
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house38.1% · 1,060
Semi-detached house37.4% · 1,040
Terraced house16.2% · 450
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 211
Converted house0.3% · 9
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005539
County division
East Wigston, North Wigston
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
10 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 Fields18.5% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned6,863WWigston 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.