Shelthorpe is a ward and suburb 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.
Demographics
At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 9,675. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="14" style="text-align:right;" |Loughborough Shelthorpe: Ethnicity: 2021 Census
|-
!Ethnic group
!Population
! %
|-
|White
| style="text-align:right;" |8,017
| style="text-align:right;" |82.9%
|-
|Asian or Asian British
| style="text-align:right;" |1,103
| style="text-align:right;" |11.4%
|-
|Mixed
| style="text-align:right;" |276
| style="text-align:right;" |2.9%
|-
|Black or Black British
| style="text-align:right;" |111
| style="text-align:right;" |1.1%
|-
|Other Ethnic Group
| style="text-align:right;" |101
| style="text-align:right;" |1%
|-
|Arab
| style="text-align:right;" |65
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7%
|-
|Total
| style="text-align:right;" |9,675
| style="text-align:right;" |100%
|}
The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="14" style="text-align:right;" |Loughborough Shelthorpe: Religion: 2021 Census
|-
!Religious
!Population
! %
|-
|Irreligious
| style="text-align:right;" |4,595
| style="text-align:right;" |50.2%
|-
|Christian
| style="text-align:right;" |3,497
| style="text-align:right;" |38.2%
|-
|Hindu
| style="text-align:right;" |541
| style="text-align:right;" |5.9%
|-
|Muslim
| style="text-align:right;" |352
| style="text-align:right;" |3.8%
|-
|Sikh
| style="text-align:right;" |68
| style="text-align:right;" |0.7%
|-
|Other religion
| style="text-align:right;" |53
| style="text-align:right;" |0.6%
|-
|Buddhist
| style="text-align:right;" |37
| style="text-align:right;" |0.4%
|-
|Jewish
| style="text-align:right;" |3
| style="text-align:right;" |0.1%
|-
|Total
| style="text-align:right;" |9,675
| style="text-align:right;" |100%
|}