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Wards of Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council is divided into 21 electoral wards, spread over 3 Westminster constituencies. At the 2021 Census they had 368,573 residents in 127,386 households, 5,026 people per km². 11.8% were aged 65 or over and 46.7% of households owned their home.

Wards21
Average ward17,551residents
Under 1621.0%
No car or van33.0%
WardResidentsHouseholdsPeople / km²Aged 65+OwnedNo carConstituency
Abbey22,1058,3633,71912.0%46.1%32.5%Leicester West
Aylestone11,9445,0743,13416.2%60.2%25.7%Leicester West
Beaumont Leys18,8086,9902,05612.3%48.1%27.7%Leicester West
Belgrave20,5656,25410,11814.5%42.2%44.6%Leicester East
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields21,0237,7334,41511.3%40.5%33.2%Leicester West
Castle23,6818,6086,2954.6%21.6%55.9%Leicester South
Evington17,2685,9513,42017.1%61.7%24.8%Leicester East, Leicester South
Eyres Monsell12,0084,7125,17613.2%43.3%33.4%Leicester South
Fosse14,3725,7578,1168.1%35.3%39.1%Leicester West
Humberstone & Hamilton21,1447,1075,06910.8%56.9%16.7%Leicester East
Knighton16,8266,6204,02419.0%70.4%18.1%Leicester South
North Evington23,9176,53210,8419.1%43.7%39.9%Leicester East
Rushey Mead17,3875,5824,69218.4%61.3%26.8%Leicester East
Saffron13,8874,6495,0136.7%25.5%40.2%Leicester South
Spinney Hills13,0393,4849,20811.2%60.5%27.1%Leicester South
Stoneygate21,0966,70211,46610.7%44.0%36.2%Leicester South
Thurncourt12,0614,3165,70416.3%61.5%26.0%Leicester East
Troon14,7994,9273,69411.9%61.8%19.5%Leicester East
Westcotes15,7845,79610,7216.7%25.0%45.1%Leicester West
Western21,0797,7833,64912.6%48.4%30.0%Leicester West
Wycliffe15,7804,44614,5539.5%37.0%42.8%Leicester South
21 wards · Census 2021 (ONS, Nomis) · ward boundaries: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0
Wards: ONS Open Geography Portal (WD26 lookups) · Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis · Open Government Licence v3.0Back to City of Leicester