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Electoral wardE05010474
Thurncourt ward, City of Leicester
Thurncourt is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,061 residents in 4,316 households — 5,704 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester East constituency.
Residents, 202112,061council ward average 17,551
Households4,3162.79 residents per household
Density5,704/ km²about 2.11 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+16.3%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 23.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 819
5–97.2% · 870
10–159.1% · 1,103
16–195.1% · 610
20–245.2% · 628
25–3413.0% · 1,569
35–4919.0% · 2,293
50–6418.2% · 2,201
65–748.7% · 1,051
75–845.0% · 609
85+2.6% · 308
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.0% · 1,122
1 car or van39.2% · 1,690
2 cars or vans23.7% · 1,025
3 or more11.1% · 479
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright29.8% · 1,286
With mortgage31.7% · 1,368
Shared ownership0.6% · 24
Social rented25.1% · 1,085
Private rented12.2% · 527
Lives rent free0.6% · 26
Type of home
Detached house15.6% · 675
Semi-detached house55.3% · 2,385
Terraced house25.3% · 1,092
Purpose-built flat3.0% · 131
Converted house0.3% · 14
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010474- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
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.