Electoral wardE05015271
Glenfield Faire ward, Blaby
Glenfield Faire is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,874 residents in 2,017 households — 3,078 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Leicestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests division.
Residents, 20214,874council ward average 6,054
Households2,0172.42 residents per household
Density3,078/ km²about 1.58 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+27.8%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 215
5–95.2% · 252
10–157.1% · 344
16–193.4% · 165
20–244.7% · 229
25–349.7% · 471
35–4918.3% · 893
50–6419.5% · 948
65–7413.6% · 661
75–849.8% · 478
85+4.4% · 214
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.2% · 266
1 car or van41.9% · 844
2 cars or vans32.4% · 653
3 or more12.5% · 253
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright52.0% · 1,050
With mortgage32.0% · 646
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented4.5% · 91
Private rented11.1% · 225
Type of home
Detached house42.5% · 859
Semi-detached house48.1% · 973
Terraced house2.6% · 52
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 105
Converted house0.7% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.7% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015271- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Glenfields
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBraunstone Millfield20.2% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned6,695BBraunstone Ravenhurst17.7% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned4,521GGlenfield Ellis21.1% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned5,946KKirby 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.