Electoral wardE05010461
Belgrave ward, City of Leicester
Belgrave is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 20,565 residents in 6,254 households — 10,118 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester East constituency.
Residents, 202120,565council ward average 17,551
Households6,2543.29 residents per household
Density10,118/ km²about 2.03 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+14.5%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 1,094
5–95.8% · 1,203
10–157.3% · 1,502
16–195.2% · 1,067
20–247.1% · 1,457
25–3414.1% · 2,907
35–4921.9% · 4,513
50–6418.7% · 3,844
65–748.7% · 1,785
75–844.1% · 833
85+1.8% · 360
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van44.6% · 2,792
1 car or van37.5% · 2,347
2 cars or vans13.9% · 871
3 or more3.9% · 244
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright26.0% · 1,627
With mortgage16.2% · 1,010
Shared ownership0.4% · 27
Social rented24.2% · 1,514
Private rented32.8% · 2,051
Lives rent free0.4% · 23
Type of home
Detached house5.6% · 351
Semi-detached house19.5% · 1,217
Terraced house49.5% · 3,097
Purpose-built flat20.5% · 1,282
Converted house2.1% · 133
Other conversion0.7% · 42
Above shop / office2.0% · 128
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010461- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 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.