Oadby South & West

Oadby and Wigston · East Midlands · population 8,942 · 6 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,226 of 6,856 in England
  • #194 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #5 of 7 in Oadby and Wigston
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,825
Median age (est.)44
Density2,201per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above40%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 24%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 9%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 31%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 47%Asian: 41%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 47%Asian 41%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 31% · No religion 19% · Muslim 19%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Oadby South & West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,226 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 7 in Oadby and Wigston. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (74) and lowest on Crime (46). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 109 sales), 13% above the wider Oadby and Wigston median of £278,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,431 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 53 · #3,213
Employment 54 · #3,165
Education 74 · #1,774
Health 63 · #2,507
Crime 46 · #3,707
Housing & access 72 · #1,952
Living environment 70 · #2,041

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · +0.5% yr · n=109
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,000109+0.5%+12.5%
Detached£387,50037-6.4%+3.5%
Semi-detached£305,00053+5.2%+18.4%
Terraced£200,25012-8.1%+11.2%
Flat£135,1007+10.3%
This area£315,000
Oadby and Wigston£278,000
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)£40,431±£5,777 · #3,297 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,512
Price-to-income ?7.8×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 589 offences
Oadby and Wigston56
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,271 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences257
Theft91
Burglary29
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson69
Public order & weapons77
Drugs22
Robbery4
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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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