Shelthorpe

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Shelthorpe[1]
Clockwise from top: Shelthorpe Road, Skyline of the Shelthorpe Council Estate & Cemetery Chapel
Shelthorpe[1] is located in Leicestershire
Shelthorpe[1]
Shelthorpe[1]
Location within Leicestershire
Population9,675 (2021 Census Ward Profile)[2]
• London113 mi (182 km) S
Civil parish
  • Unparished
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLoughborough
Postcode districtLE11
Dialling code01509
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Leicestershire
52°45′05″N 1°12′20″W / 52.751347°N 1.205417°W / 52.751347; -1.205417

Shelthorpe is a ward[3] and suburb[4] of Loughborough, in the Charnwood district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.

Geography

The ward covers the southern part of Loughborough and is a council housing estate.[5]

Demographics

At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 9,675. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:

Loughborough Shelthorpe: Ethnicity: 2021 Census
Ethnic group Population %
White 8,017 82.9%
Asian or Asian British 1,103 11.4%
Mixed 276 2.9%
Black or Black British 111 1.1%
Other Ethnic Group 101 1%
Arab 65 0.7%
Total 9,675 100%

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

Loughborough Shelthorpe: Religion: 2021 Census
Religious Population %
Irreligious 4,595 50.2%
Christian 3,497 38.2%
Hindu 541 5.9%
Muslim 352 3.8%
Sikh 68 0.7%
Other religion 53 0.6%
Buddhist 37 0.4%
Jewish 3 0.1%
Total 9,675 100%

References

  1. ^ "Ward boundaries". Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Loughborough Shelthorpe (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de.
  3. ^ "Loughborough Shelthorpe - MapIt". mapit.mysociety.org. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth; Brandwood, Geoffrey K. (1 March 1985). Leicestershire and Rutland. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09618-7. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  5. ^ Lambert, Tim (14 March 2021). "A History of Loughborough". Local Histories. Retrieved 13 October 2024.