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Electoral wardE05010468

Knighton ward, City of Leicester

Knighton is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 16,826 residents in 6,620 households — 4,024 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester South constituency.

Residents, 202116,826council ward average 17,551
Households6,6202.54 residents per household
Density4,024/ km²about 4.18 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+19.0%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 820
5–96.1% · 1,034
10–157.2% · 1,208
16–194.5% · 753
20–245.8% · 980
25–3411.8% · 1,992
35–4920.1% · 3,383
50–6420.6% · 3,462
65–749.8% · 1,653
75–846.1% · 1,025
85+3.1% · 516

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.1% · 1,196
1 car or van42.6% · 2,817
2 cars or vans29.3% · 1,941
3 or more10.1% · 666
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.9% · 2,572
With mortgage31.6% · 2,088
Shared ownership0.2% · 12
Social rented7.1% · 473
Private rented22.2% · 1,471
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house23.4% · 1,547
Semi-detached house49.6% · 3,281
Terraced house8.4% · 558
Purpose-built flat12.2% · 809
Converted house5.0% · 330
Other conversion0.6% · 41
Above shop / office0.8% · 53
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010468
Constituency
Leicester South
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
15 of 21

Other wards in the same constituency

CCastle4.6% aged 65+ · 21.6% owned23,681EEvington17.1% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned17,268EEyres Monsell13.2% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned12,008SSaffron6.7% 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

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.