| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.7513°N -1.2054°W |
| Map Type: | Leicestershire |
| Official Name: | Shelthorpe[1] |
| Static Image Caption: | Clockwise from top: Shelthorpe Road, Skyline of the Shelthorpe Council Estate & Cemetery Chapel |
| Population: | 9,675 |
| Population Ref: | (2021 Census Ward Profile)[2] |
| Shire District: | Charnwood |
| Shire County: | Leicestershire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Loughborough |
| Civil Parish: | Unparished |
| Post Town: | Loughborough |
| Postcode District: | LE11 |
| Postcode Area: | LE |
| Dial Code: | 01509 |
| London Distance Mi: | 113 |
| London Direction: | S |
Shelthorpe is a ward[3] and suburb[4] 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.[5]
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% | |||||||||||
| 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% | |||||||||||