Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill

Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill[1]
Clockwise from top: Burbage St Catherine's Church from Hinckley Road, Sapcote Road & Congregational Church on Church Street
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill[1] is located in Leicestershire
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill[1]
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill[1]
Location within Leicestershire
Population6,049 (2021 Census Ward Profile)[2]
• London96 mi (154 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHinckley
Postcode districtLE10
Dialling code01455
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°31′51″N 1°20′56″W / 52.530854°N 1.348767°W / 52.530854; -1.348767

Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill is the name given to the ward[3] and suburb[4] of Hinckley in the Hinckley & Bosworth district in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is one of the six wards on Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council of the town.[5] The ward is one of two (along with Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill) of Burbage and covers the suburbs of Lash Hill and St Catherine's.

Geography

The ward covers the eastern portions of the village of Burbage and includes the suburb of Lash Hill. It is mostly focused on the older part of the village at Church Street, Hinckley Road, Sapcote Road, and Burbage Road.[6] It also includes the Grade II* listed St Catherine's Church.[7][8]

Demographics

At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 6,049. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:

Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill: Ethnicity: 2021 Census
Ethnic group Population %
White 5,800 95.9%
Asian or Asian British 120 2%
Mixed 74 1.2%
Other Ethnic Group 34 0.5%
Black or Black British 16 0.3%
Arab 4 0.1%
Total 6,049 100%

The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:

Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill: Religion: 2021 Census
Religious Population %
Christian 3,092 55%
Irreligious 2,372 42.2%
Muslim 50 0.9%
Hindu 31 0.6%
Other religion 20 0.4%
Sikh 34 0.6%
Buddhist 21 0.4%
Total 6,049 100%

References

  1. ^ "Your Councillors". moderngov.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill - MapIt". mapit.mysociety.org. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ^ Britain, Great (2008). Statutory Instruments. H.M. Stationery Office. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ Coyle, Simon (4 July 2024). "Hinckley and Bosworth general election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  6. ^ The London Gazette. T. Neuman. 1896. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  7. ^ "CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE, Burbage - 1295212 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  8. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth; Brandwood, Geoffrey K. (1 March 1985). Leicestershire and Rutland. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09618-7. Retrieved 12 October 2024.