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Electoral wardE05010473

Stoneygate ward, City of Leicester

Stoneygate is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 21,096 residents in 6,702 households — 11,466 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester South constituency.

Residents, 202121,096council ward average 17,551
Households6,7023.15 residents per household
Density11,466/ km²about 1.84 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+10.7%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 1,290
5–96.6% · 1,384
10–159.1% · 1,930
16–196.4% · 1,341
20–2412.1% · 2,554
25–3415.1% · 3,190
35–4919.4% · 4,098
50–6414.4% · 3,048
65–746.5% · 1,378
75–843.0% · 631
85+1.2% · 252

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.2% · 2,428
1 car or van38.2% · 2,561
2 cars or vans17.7% · 1,183
3 or more7.9% · 530
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.5% · 1,909
With mortgage15.5% · 1,041
Shared ownership0.2% · 16
Social rented15.2% · 1,021
Private rented40.3% · 2,701
Lives rent free0.2% · 15

Type of home

Detached house10.6% · 711
Semi-detached house25.8% · 1,731
Terraced house32.6% · 2,187
Purpose-built flat18.7% · 1,254
Converted house9.1% · 611
Other conversion1.6% · 104
Above shop / office1.5% · 101
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
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.