Electoral wardE05015266
Fosse Highcross ward, Blaby
Fosse Highcross is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,483 residents in 2,803 households — 223 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Stoney Stanton & Croft division.
Residents, 20216,483council ward average 6,054
Households2,8032.31 residents per household
Density223/ km²about 29.02 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+25.1%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 354
5–95.9% · 381
10–155.7% · 367
16–193.4% · 221
20–243.8% · 246
25–3412.4% · 801
35–4918.0% · 1,165
50–6420.3% · 1,316
65–7413.3% · 859
75–849.0% · 582
85+2.9% · 186
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.3% · 232
1 car or van36.8% · 1,032
2 cars or vans39.4% · 1,103
3 or more15.5% · 435
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright42.0% · 1,177
With mortgage37.2% · 1,042
Shared ownership1.5% · 41
Social rented9.9% · 278
Private rented9.5% · 266
Type of home
Detached house49.9% · 1,400
Semi-detached house31.8% · 892
Terraced house11.3% · 318
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 115
Converted house0.2% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.6% · 16
Caravan, mobile1.7% · 49
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015266- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Stoney Stanton & Croft
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Aston FlamvilleElmesthorpeSapcoteSharnfordWigston Parva
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlaby25.0% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned7,123CCosby & South Whetstone18.6% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned5,495CCountesthorpe23.6% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned7,966EEnderby18.3% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned5,202FFosse Normanton19.5% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned2,930FFosse Stoney Cove19.3% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned5,275GGlen Parva20.6% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned5,414LLeicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe14.9% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned9,364NNarborough & Littlethorpe20.1% aged 65+ · 79.0% owned8,680NNorth Whetstone19.1% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned5,268
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.