Electoral wardE05010470

Rushey Mead ward, City of Leicester

Rushey Mead is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 17,387 residents in 5,582 households — 4,692 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester East constituency.

Residents, 202117,387council ward average 17,551

Households5,5823.11 residents per household

Density4,692/ km²about 3.71 km² · City of Leicester 5,026

Aged 65+18.4%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 17.5%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 819

5–95.2% · 909

10–157.6% · 1,316

16–194.9% · 853

20–245.8% · 1,001

25–3413.3% · 2,312

35–4920.3% · 3,524

50–6419.8% · 3,446

65–7411.0% · 1,910

75–845.6% · 965

85+1.9% · 332

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.8% · 1,494

1 car or van41.7% · 2,328

2 cars or vans22.8% · 1,274

3 or more8.7% · 485

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.5% · 2,205

With mortgage21.8% · 1,217

Shared ownership0.1% · 7

Social rented14.4% · 804

Private rented24.1% · 1,343

Lives rent free0.1% · 6

Type of home

Detached house10.9% · 609

Semi-detached house51.3% · 2,862

Terraced house30.2% · 1,688

Purpose-built flat5.5% · 309

Converted house0.6% · 36

Other conversion0.3% · 15

Above shop / office1.0% · 54

Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010470
Council: Leicester City Council
Constituency: Leicester East
Region: East Midlands
Density rank in council: 13 of 21

Other wards in the same constituency

BBelgrave14.5% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned20,565 EEvington17.1% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned17,268 HHumberstone & Hamilton10.8% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned21,144 NNorth Evington9.1% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned23,917 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.