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Electoral wardE05005540

Wigston St Wolstan's ward, Oadby and Wigston

Wigston St Wolstan's is one of 10 electoral wards of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,561 residents in 2,610 households — 5,034 people per km², the 3rd 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 division.

Residents, 20216,561council ward average 5,775
Households2,6102.51 residents per household
Density5,034/ km²about 1.30 km² · Oadby and Wigston 2,454
Aged 65+23.8%Oadby and Wigston: 21.3% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 316
5–96.4% · 418
10–157.4% · 486
16–194.1% · 267
20–244.0% · 261
25–3410.5% · 686
35–4918.3% · 1,203
50–6420.7% · 1,360
65–7411.2% · 734
75–848.2% · 537
85+4.5% · 292

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.9% · 388
1 car or van40.8% · 1,064
2 cars or vans32.9% · 858
3 or more11.5% · 301
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.5% · 1,265
With mortgage34.6% · 904
Shared ownership0.6% · 15
Social rented5.4% · 140
Private rented10.9% · 285

Type of home

Detached house23.1% · 603
Semi-detached house63.5% · 1,658
Terraced house7.2% · 187
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 134
Converted house0.4% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.6% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05005540
County division
North Wigston
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
1 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 Meadowcourt23.1% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned6,304

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.