Electoral wardE05010477
Western ward, City of Leicester
Western is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 21,079 residents in 7,783 households — 3,649 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester West constituency.
Residents, 202121,079council ward average 17,551
Households7,7832.71 residents per household
Density3,649/ km²about 5.78 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+12.6%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 25.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 1,398
5–98.5% · 1,782
10–1510.6% · 2,230
16–195.5% · 1,155
20–245.9% · 1,248
25–3412.6% · 2,666
35–4920.6% · 4,347
50–6417.1% · 3,602
65–747.2% · 1,524
75–843.7% · 784
85+1.6% · 341
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.0% · 2,335
1 car or van42.2% · 3,285
2 cars or vans21.4% · 1,663
3 or more6.4% · 500
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright23.1% · 1,796
With mortgage25.4% · 1,974
Shared ownership0.6% · 45
Social rented36.3% · 2,829
Private rented14.1% · 1,096
Lives rent free0.6% · 43
Type of home
Detached house10.4% · 809
Semi-detached house54.7% · 4,254
Terraced house18.5% · 1,441
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 1,154
Converted house0.9% · 73
Other conversion0.3% · 21
Above shop / office0.3% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010477- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 18 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.