Electoral wardE05015261
Braunstone Millfield ward, Blaby
Braunstone Millfield is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,695 residents in 2,650 households — 3,522 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Braunstone division.
Residents, 20216,695council ward average 6,054
Households2,6502.53 residents per household
Density3,522/ km²about 1.90 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+20.2%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 353
5–95.7% · 382
10–157.5% · 503
16–193.9% · 259
20–245.0% · 337
25–3413.3% · 890
35–4919.3% · 1,290
50–6419.8% · 1,325
65–7410.4% · 698
75–846.7% · 447
85+3.1% · 209
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.4% · 460
1 car or van41.6% · 1,101
2 cars or vans29.5% · 781
3 or more11.6% · 307
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright44.5% · 1,180
With mortgage33.7% · 894
Shared ownership0.5% · 13
Social rented4.0% · 107
Private rented17.3% · 458
Type of home
Detached house19.4% · 515
Semi-detached house69.0% · 1,829
Terraced house5.0% · 132
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 160
Converted house0.1% · 3
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015261- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Braunstone
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Braunstone
Other wards in the same constituency
BBraunstone Ravenhurst17.7% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned4,521GGlenfield Ellis21.1% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned5,946GGlenfield Faire27.8% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned4,874KKirby Muxloe27.3% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned5,640LLeicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe14.9% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned9,364TThorpe Astley & St Mary's10.8% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned6,046
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.