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Electoral wardE05010465

Eyres Monsell ward, City of Leicester

Eyres Monsell is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,008 residents in 4,712 households — 5,176 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester South constituency.

Residents, 202112,008council ward average 17,551
Households4,7122.55 residents per household
Density5,176/ km²about 2.32 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+13.2%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 24.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 785
5–98.2% · 982
10–159.7% · 1,169
16–195.7% · 687
20–245.7% · 680
25–3413.5% · 1,619
35–4919.8% · 2,383
50–6417.7% · 2,122
65–747.1% · 858
75–844.2% · 504
85+1.8% · 219

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.4% · 1,572
1 car or van42.6% · 2,005
2 cars or vans19.2% · 903
3 or more4.9% · 229
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright19.4% · 916
With mortgage23.8% · 1,122
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented41.6% · 1,959
Private rented14.3% · 673
Lives rent free0.6% · 28

Type of home

Detached house5.2% · 243
Semi-detached house52.7% · 2,482
Terraced house33.5% · 1,580
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 338
Converted house0.9% · 44
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
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.