Oadby and Wigston

Borough of Oadby and Wigston
Borough of Oadby and Wigston
Borough and non-metropolitan district
	Oadby, one of the two towns that form the borough
	Shown within Leicestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Leicestershire
Admin. HQ	Oadby
Government
• Type	Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
• MPs:	Neil O'Brien
Area
• Total	9 sq mi (24 km2)
• Rank	286th
Population (2022)
• Total	58,341
• Rank	Ranked 291st
• Density	6,300/sq mi (2,400/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 63.4% White ; 27.9% Asian ; 3.2% Mixed ; 3.3% other ; 2.2% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 36.6% Christianity ; 31.9% no religion ; 19.6% other ; 11.9% Islam ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ISO 3166-2	GB-LEC
ONS code	31UJ (ONS); E07000135 (GSS)
NUTS 3	UKF22

Oadby and Wigston is a local government district with borough status in Leicestershire, England. It covers the two towns of Oadby, where the council is based, and Wigston, which is the larger town. Both form part of the Leicester urban area, lying south-east of the city.

The neighbouring districts are Leicester, Harborough and Blaby.