Electoral wardE05012643
Oakham South ward, Rutland
Oakham South is one of 15 electoral wards of Rutland County Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,220 residents in 1,982 households — 1,044 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rutland and Stamford constituency.
Residents, 20214,220council ward average 2,736
Households1,9822.13 residents per household
Density1,044/ km²about 4.04 km² · Rutland 108
Aged 65+36.1%Rutland: 25.3% · under 16: 13.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.1% · 129
5–94.2% · 178
10–156.0% · 252
16–193.6% · 152
20–243.6% · 150
25–347.1% · 300
35–4914.4% · 608
50–6422.0% · 928
65–7417.1% · 720
75–8413.7% · 580
85+5.3% · 224
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.4% · 285
1 car or van41.7% · 826
2 cars or vans32.6% · 647
3 or more11.3% · 224
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rutland overall: 71.0% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.7% private rented.
Owned outright55.3% · 1,097
With mortgage23.8% · 471
Shared ownership1.6% · 32
Social rented8.6% · 171
Private rented10.6% · 211
Type of home
Detached house59.4% · 1,178
Semi-detached house18.2% · 361
Terraced house11.7% · 232
Purpose-built flat9.3% · 184
Converted house0.7% · 13
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012643- Council
- Rutland County Council
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 15
Parishes in the ward
Oakham
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarleythorpe15.8% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned2,934BBraunston & Martinsthorpe32.2% aged 65+ · 75.7% owned2,406CCottesmore15.3% aged 65+ · 58.9% owned3,648EExton33.3% aged 65+ · 67.0% owned1,367GGreetham15.5% aged 65+ · 77.9% owned2,474KKetton31.6% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned2,829LLangham33.9% aged 65+ · 84.6% owned1,400LLyddington31.9% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned1,341NNormanton24.6% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned3,174OOakham North East21.5% aged 65+ · 60.7% owned3,265OOakham North West23.6% aged 65+ · 63.8% owned3,085RRyhall & Casterton25.2% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned2,936UUppingham22.9% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned4,724WWhissendine31.1% aged 65+ · 79.6% owned1,244
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.