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Electoral wardE05010476
Westcotes ward, City of Leicester
Westcotes is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,784 residents in 5,796 households — 10,721 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester West constituency.
Residents, 202115,784council ward average 17,551
Households5,7962.72 residents per household
Density10,721/ km²about 1.47 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+6.7%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 862
5–94.4% · 688
10–153.8% · 601
16–197.5% · 1,177
20–2423.5% · 3,706
25–3421.3% · 3,364
35–4917.8% · 2,805
50–649.7% · 1,525
65–743.7% · 591
75–842.0% · 310
85+1.0% · 155
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van45.1% · 2,617
1 car or van40.7% · 2,361
2 cars or vans11.5% · 665
3 or more2.7% · 156
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright13.6% · 791
With mortgage11.4% · 661
Shared ownership0.7% · 42
Social rented11.1% · 644
Private rented63.0% · 3,652
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house5.6% · 324
Semi-detached house11.9% · 689
Terraced house40.6% · 2,356
Purpose-built flat27.1% · 1,570
Converted house10.4% · 605
Other conversion2.0% · 114
Above shop / office2.3% · 134
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010476- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 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.