Loughborough - Shelthorpe & Woodthorpe

Charnwood · East Midlands · population 10,900 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,912 of 6,856 in England
  • #344 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #21 of 22 in Charnwood
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,686
Median age (est.)35
Density3,043per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 16%25–44 28%45–64 23%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 21%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 11%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 82%Asian 11%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 36% · Hindu 5%

Born outside the UK: 16%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Loughborough - Shelthorpe & Woodthorpe is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,912 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 22 in Charnwood. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Crime (22). Typical homes here sold for about £243,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 106 sales), 12% below the wider Charnwood median of £275,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,856 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £38,808 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 116 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 38 · #4,248
Employment 38 · #4,214
Education 35 · #4,468
Health 49 · #3,467
Crime 22 · #5,311
Housing & access 89 · #738
Living environment 55 · #3,110

House prices ?

£243,000median (12m) · +1.2% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£243,000106+1.2%+7.4%
Detached£362,50024-0.7%+14.6%
Semi-detached£237,00051-1.2%+22.2%
Terraced£225,00019+4.7%+17.2%
Flat£121,50012+35.0%+58.8%
This area£243,000
Charnwood£275,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£38,808±£5,552 · #3,766 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,820
Price-to-income ?6.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

116 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,264 offences
Charnwood68
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,364 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences454
Theft396
Burglary57
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson146
Public order & weapons103
Drugs21
Robbery11
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 277 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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