Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.7442°N -1.4632°W |
Map Type: | Leicestershire |
Official Name: | Castle[1] |
Static Image Caption: | Clockwise from top: Ashby de la Zouch Castle, Lower Packington Road & Leicester Road |
Population: | 3,171 |
Population Ref: | (2021 Census Ward Profile)[2] |
Shire District: | North West Leicestershire |
Shire County: | Leicestershire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | North West Leicestershire |
Civil Parish: | Ashby-de-la-Zouch |
Post Town: | Ashby-de-la-Zouch |
Postcode District: | LE65 |
Postcode Area: | LE |
Dial Code: | 01530 |
London Distance Mi: | 115 |
London Direction: | SE |
Castle[3] is a ward[4] and suburb[5] of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England.
The ward covers the southeastern part of Ashby and takes its name from the castle.[6]
At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 3,171. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
Ashby Castle: Ethnicity: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
Ethnic group | Population | % | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White | 3,040 | 95.9% | |||||||||||
Asian or Asian British | 72 | 2.3% | |||||||||||
Mixed | 51 | 1.6% | |||||||||||
Other Ethnic Group | 6 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Black or Black British | 2 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Total | 3,171 | 100% |
Ashby Castle: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian | 1,639 | 54.2% | |||||||||||
Irreligious | 1,314 | 43.5% | |||||||||||
Hindu | 37 | 1.2% | |||||||||||
Other religion | 17 | 0.6% | |||||||||||
Buddhist | 4 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Jewish | 4 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Sikh | 4 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Muslim | 2 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Total | 3,171 | 100% |