Electoral wardE05010471
Saffron ward, City of Leicester
Saffron is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,887 residents in 4,649 households — 5,013 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester South constituency.
Residents, 202113,887council ward average 17,551
Households4,6492.99 residents per household
Density5,013/ km²about 2.77 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+6.7%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 868
5–96.7% · 925
10–158.1% · 1,120
16–1911.3% · 1,570
20–2414.6% · 2,022
25–3416.9% · 2,342
35–4917.4% · 2,413
50–6412.2% · 1,701
65–744.0% · 554
75–842.0% · 271
85+0.7% · 101
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van40.2% · 1,870
1 car or van40.7% · 1,890
2 cars or vans15.5% · 722
3 or more3.6% · 167
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright11.2% · 520
With mortgage14.3% · 664
Shared ownership0.8% · 37
Social rented39.9% · 1,853
Private rented33.6% · 1,561
Lives rent free0.3% · 14
Type of home
Detached house4.3% · 199
Semi-detached house40.6% · 1,886
Terraced house31.2% · 1,453
Purpose-built flat17.9% · 832
Converted house4.6% · 214
Other conversion0.7% · 33
Above shop / office0.7% · 33
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010471- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 12 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% owned12,008KKnighton19.0% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned16,826SSpinney Hills11.2% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned13,039SStoneygate10.7% aged 65+ · 44.0% owned21,096WWycliffe9.5% aged 65+ · 37.0% owned15,780
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.