Electoral wardE05012646
Whissendine ward, Rutland
Whissendine is one of 15 electoral wards of Rutland County Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 1,244 residents in 535 households — 58 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rutland and Stamford constituency.
Residents, 20211,244council ward average 2,736
Households5352.33 residents per household
Density58/ km²about 21.52 km² · Rutland 108
Aged 65+31.1%Rutland: 25.3% · under 16: 13.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 43
5–93.9% · 49
10–155.6% · 70
16–193.8% · 48
20–244.4% · 55
25–347.3% · 91
35–4912.7% · 159
50–6427.7% · 346
65–7418.0% · 225
75–8410.1% · 126
85+3.0% · 37
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.9% · 37
1 car or van30.1% · 161
2 cars or vans44.1% · 236
3 or more18.9% · 101
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rutland overall: 71.0% owned, 10.9% social rented, 16.7% private rented.
Owned outright54.1% · 291
With mortgage25.5% · 137
Shared ownership0.4% · 2
Social rented10.6% · 57
Private rented8.9% · 48
Lives rent free0.6% · 3
Type of home
Detached house65.0% · 346
Semi-detached house22.0% · 117
Terraced house11.5% · 61
Purpose-built flat0.6% · 3
Converted house0.6% · 3
Other conversion0.4% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05012646- Council
- Rutland County Council
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 15
Parishes in the ward
TeighWhissendine
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% owned3,085OOakham South36.1% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned4,220RRyhall & Casterton25.2% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned2,936UUppingham22.9% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned4,724
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.