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Electoral wardE05010459
Aylestone ward, City of Leicester
Aylestone is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,944 residents in 5,074 households — 3,134 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester West constituency.
Residents, 202111,944council ward average 17,551
Households5,0742.35 residents per household
Density3,134/ km²about 3.81 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+16.2%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 707
5–96.3% · 751
10–157.3% · 875
16–194.4% · 529
20–245.9% · 699
25–3415.6% · 1,868
35–4920.2% · 2,409
50–6418.1% · 2,166
65–748.6% · 1,024
75–845.2% · 625
85+2.4% · 290
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.7% · 1,303
1 car or van45.0% · 2,284
2 cars or vans23.0% · 1,168
3 or more6.3% · 319
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright30.1% · 1,529
With mortgage30.1% · 1,526
Shared ownership0.4% · 19
Social rented13.4% · 679
Private rented25.9% · 1,314
Lives rent free0.1% · 7
Type of home
Detached house12.0% · 607
Semi-detached house41.0% · 2,079
Terraced house32.5% · 1,648
Purpose-built flat10.5% · 535
Converted house1.9% · 94
Other conversion0.9% · 47
Above shop / office1.2% · 59
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010459- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.