Electoral wardE05015273
Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe ward, Blaby
Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe is one of 17 electoral wards of Blaby District Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,364 residents in 3,666 households — 862 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Leicestershire and South Leicestershire constituencies; for county elections it is in the Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests and Enderby & Lubbesthorpe divisions.
Residents, 20219,364council ward average 6,054
Households3,6662.55 residents per household
Density862/ km²about 10.87 km² · Blaby 789
Aged 65+14.9%Blaby: 20.5% · under 16: 20.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 657
5–96.8% · 636
10–156.8% · 636
16–194.0% · 372
20–244.9% · 458
25–3416.9% · 1,583
35–4921.4% · 2,008
50–6417.3% · 1,624
65–747.6% · 715
75–845.2% · 485
85+2.1% · 197
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.0% · 292
1 car or van38.6% · 1,413
2 cars or vans39.4% · 1,442
3 or more14.1% · 516
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blaby overall: 77.9% owned, 8.2% social rented, 12.8% private rented.
Owned outright33.6% · 1,232
With mortgage48.3% · 1,769
Shared ownership1.0% · 35
Social rented3.7% · 134
Private rented13.4% · 492
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house42.2% · 1,548
Semi-detached house41.1% · 1,505
Terraced house12.2% · 448
Purpose-built flat2.9% · 108
Converted house0.3% · 12
Other conversion0.5% · 17
Above shop / office0.5% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015273- Council
- Blaby District Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests, Enderby & Lubbesthorpe
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire, South Leicestershire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Leicester Forest EastLubbesthorpe
Other wards in the same constituency
BBlaby25.0% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned7,123BBraunstone Millfield20.2% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned6,695BBraunstone Ravenhurst17.7% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned4,521CCosby & South Whetstone18.6% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned5,495CCountesthorpe23.6% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned7,966EEnderby18.3% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned5,202FFosse Highcross25.1% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned6,483FFosse Normanton19.5% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned2,930FFosse Stoney Cove19.3% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned5,275GGlen Parva20.6% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned5,414GGlenfield Ellis21.1% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned5,946GGlenfield Faire27.8% aged 65+ · 84.0% owned4,874KKirby Muxloe27.3% aged 65+ · 84.1% owned5,640NNarborough & Littlethorpe20.1% aged 65+ · 79.0% owned8,680
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.