Electoral wardE05010463
Castle ward, City of Leicester
Castle is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 23,681 residents in 8,608 households — 6,295 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester South constituency.
Residents, 202123,681council ward average 17,551
Households8,6082.75 residents per household
Density6,295/ km²about 3.76 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+4.6%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 6.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.6% · 623
5–91.9% · 460
10–151.8% · 421
16–1914.7% · 3,478
20–2435.9% · 8,509
25–3419.0% · 4,503
35–4911.4% · 2,706
50–648.0% · 1,890
65–742.6% · 624
75–841.3% · 310
85+0.7% · 157
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van55.9% · 4,807
1 car or van34.1% · 2,931
2 cars or vans7.8% · 675
3 or more2.2% · 193
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright11.0% · 944
With mortgage10.7% · 917
Shared ownership0.4% · 34
Social rented16.1% · 1,384
Private rented61.8% · 5,324
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house2.3% · 197
Semi-detached house7.2% · 621
Terraced house23.5% · 2,027
Purpose-built flat47.8% · 4,114
Converted house7.1% · 613
Other conversion8.6% · 744
Above shop / office3.3% · 281
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010463- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 21
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
EEvington17.1% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned17,268EEyres Monsell13.2% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned12,008KKnighton19.0% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned16,826SSaffron6.7% aged 65+ · 25.5% owned13,887SSpinney Hills11.2% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned13,039SStoneygate10.7% aged 65+ · 44.0% owned21,096WWycliffe9.5% aged 65+ · 37.0% owned15,780
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.