Electoral wardE05014686

Syston ward, Charnwood

Syston is one of 24 electoral wards of Charnwood Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,969 residents in 5,085 households — 1,817 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melton and Syston constituency; for county elections it is in the Syston Ridgeway division.

Residents, 202111,969council ward average 7,666

Households5,0852.35 residents per household

Density1,817/ km²about 6.59 km² · Charnwood 659

Aged 65+20.8%Charnwood: 18.8% · under 16: 17.9%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 663

5–95.7% · 684

10–156.6% · 795

16–193.7% · 438

20–244.7% · 561

25–3412.8% · 1,529

35–4919.4% · 2,322

50–6420.8% · 2,491

65–7411.7% · 1,396

75–846.5% · 774

85+2.7% · 321

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 726

1 car or van41.6% · 2,115

2 cars or vans33.0% · 1,675

3 or more11.1% · 565

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Charnwood overall: 69.8% owned, 11.7% social rented, 17.4% private rented.

Owned outright38.9% · 1,981

With mortgage35.1% · 1,784

Shared ownership1.3% · 64

Social rented8.2% · 418

Private rented16.5% · 841

Type of home

Detached house28.4% · 1,442

Semi-detached house41.6% · 2,115

Terraced house20.1% · 1,024

Purpose-built flat7.7% · 392

Converted house0.8% · 40

Other conversion0.2% · 9

Above shop / office0.6% · 31

Caravan, mobile0.6% · 31

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05014686
Council: Charnwood Borough Council
County council: Leicestershire County Council
County division: Syston Ridgeway
Constituency: Melton and Syston
Region: East Midlands
Density rank in council: 9 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Syston

Other wards in the same constituency

SSileby & Seagrave16.1% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned8,419 SSouth Charnwood15.9% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned2,979 TThurmaston22.1% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned9,816 WWreake Valley24.6% aged 65+ · 80.8% owned9,422

All 24 wards of Charnwood

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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.