Humberstone & Hamilton ward, City of Leicester

Humberstone & Hamilton is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 21,144 residents in 7,107 households — 5,069 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester East constituency.

Residents, 202121,144council ward average 17,551

Households7,1072.98 residents per household

Density5,069/ km²about 4.17 km² · City of Leicester 5,026

Aged 65+10.8%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 25.7%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.4% · 1,566

5–98.6% · 1,810

10–159.8% · 2,062

16–195.1% · 1,087

20–245.5% · 1,172

25–3414.4% · 3,035

35–4922.7% · 4,793

50–6415.8% · 3,331

65–746.3% · 1,337

75–843.1% · 661

85+1.3% · 284

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.7% · 1,186

1 car or van42.0% · 2,988

2 cars or vans30.7% · 2,182

3 or more10.6% · 751

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.7% · 1,614

With mortgage34.2% · 2,431

Shared ownership1.4% · 103

Social rented18.0% · 1,279

Private rented23.5% · 1,667

Lives rent free0.2% · 13

Type of home

Detached house25.0% · 1,778

Semi-detached house46.7% · 3,320

Terraced house17.6% · 1,250

Purpose-built flat9.7% · 689

Converted house0.5% · 38

Other conversion0.1% · 8

Above shop / office0.3% · 22

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010467
Council: Leicester City Council
Constituency: Leicester East
Region: East Midlands
Density rank in council: 11 of 21

Other wards in the same constituency

BBelgrave14.5% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned20,565 EEvington17.1% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned17,268 NNorth Evington9.1% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned23,917 RRushey Mead18.4% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned17,387 TThurncourt16.3% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned12,061 TTroon11.9% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned14,799

All 21 wards of City of Leicester

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.