Electoral wardE05015262
Braunstone Ravenhurst ward, Blaby
Braunstone Ravenhurst is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,521 residents in 1,781 households — 4,597 people per km², the 16th 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, 20214,521council ward average 6,054
Households1,7812.54 residents per household
Density4,597/ km²about 0.98 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+17.7%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 231
5–95.9% · 267
10–158.1% · 365
16–194.1% · 185
20–245.0% · 227
25–3413.4% · 607
35–4921.0% · 952
50–6419.6% · 889
65–749.1% · 414
75–845.9% · 268
85+2.7% · 121
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.6% · 314
1 car or van43.0% · 768
2 cars or vans29.4% · 524
3 or more10.0% · 178
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright38.0% · 678
With mortgage36.0% · 642
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented8.6% · 153
Private rented17.1% · 304
Type of home
Detached house12.2% · 217
Semi-detached house72.4% · 1,292
Terraced house7.8% · 139
Purpose-built flat6.1% · 109
Converted house0.5% · 9
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.7% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015262- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Braunstone
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Braunstone
Other wards in the same constituency
BBraunstone Millfield20.2% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned6,695GGlenfield 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.