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Electoral wardE05010464

Evington ward, City of Leicester

Evington is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 17,268 residents in 5,951 households — 3,420 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester East and Leicester South constituencies.

Residents, 202117,268council ward average 17,551
Households5,9512.9 residents per household
Density3,420/ km²about 5.05 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+17.1%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 989
5–97.0% · 1,201
10–158.7% · 1,505
16–195.0% · 872
20–246.4% · 1,109
25–3412.2% · 2,103
35–4920.1% · 3,463
50–6417.8% · 3,080
65–749.4% · 1,629
75–844.9% · 852
85+2.7% · 465

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.8% · 1,474
1 car or van40.8% · 2,427
2 cars or vans24.6% · 1,467
3 or more9.8% · 584
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.

Owned outright35.4% · 2,105
With mortgage26.3% · 1,567
Shared ownership0.3% · 19
Social rented20.9% · 1,245
Private rented16.6% · 990
Lives rent free0.4% · 25

Type of home

Detached house25.3% · 1,505
Semi-detached house35.5% · 2,111
Terraced house20.8% · 1,235
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 1,031
Converted house0.6% · 33
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.