Electoral wardE05010466
Fosse ward, City of Leicester
Fosse is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,372 residents in 5,757 households — 8,116 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester West constituency.
Residents, 202114,372council ward average 17,551
Households5,7572.5 residents per household
Density8,116/ km²about 1.77 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+8.1%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 1,014
5–97.4% · 1,059
10–157.2% · 1,030
16–195.2% · 752
20–248.2% · 1,181
25–3418.7% · 2,689
35–4922.3% · 3,211
50–6415.8% · 2,276
65–744.8% · 695
75–842.3% · 335
85+0.9% · 127
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.1% · 2,249
1 car or van43.8% · 2,523
2 cars or vans14.0% · 806
3 or more3.1% · 179
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright18.9% · 1,087
With mortgage16.4% · 942
Shared ownership0.5% · 28
Social rented15.7% · 903
Private rented48.3% · 2,783
Lives rent free0.2% · 13
Type of home
Detached house5.3% · 303
Semi-detached house21.5% · 1,235
Terraced house52.8% · 3,039
Purpose-built flat12.9% · 744
Converted house5.4% · 313
Other conversion1.1% · 65
Above shop / office0.9% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010466- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 7 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.