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Leicester City Council

Local authority area: City of Leicester

City of Leicester is an unitary authority, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 73.3 km² and had 373,399 residents in 2022 — about 5,091 people per km². The authority dates from 1835.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for City of Leicester, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022373,399+12.6% since 2012

Land area73.3km²28.3 sq mi

Density5,091/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#45of 382 UK councils · #42 in England

Population estimates5 data points

331.6K342.6K355.2K368.6K373.4K

20122015201820212022

History

How the council came to be

1835
Created
City of Leicester became a local authority area.

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in East Midlands

All councils in East Midlands

West Northamptonshire429,013 North Northamptonshire363,408 City of Nottingham328,513 City of Derby263,490 North Lincolnshire170,042 North East Lincolnshire157,754 Rutland41,151

Elections

21 electoral wards

Census 2021: 368,573 residents in 127,386 households across the wards; 11.8% aged 65+, 46.7% of homes owned, 33.0% of households without a car.

1North Evington6,532 households · 9.1% aged 65+23,917 2Castle8,608 households · 4.6% aged 65+23,681 3Abbey8,363 households · 12.0% aged 65+22,105 4Humberstone & Hamilton7,107 households · 10.8% aged 65+21,144 5Stoneygate6,702 households · 10.7% aged 65+21,096 6Western7,783 households · 12.6% aged 65+21,079

All wards of City of Leicester

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TLeicester City Council Customer ServicesTown council · Leicester LE1 6FB · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Leicester South · 8 wards Leicester West · 7 wards Leicester East · 7 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21683242 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.