| Shelthorpe [1] | |
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Clockwise from top: Shelthorpe Road, Skyline of the Shelthorpe Council Estate & Cemetery Chapel | |
Shelthorpe [4] Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 9,675 (2021 Census Ward Profile) [5] |
| • London | 113 mi (182 km) S |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LOUGHBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | LE11 |
| Dialling code | 01509 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Shelthorpe is a ward [6] and suburb [7] of Loughborough, in the Charnwood district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.
The ward covers the southern part of Loughborough and is a council housing estate. [8]
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% | |||||||||||