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Electoral wardE05010478

Wycliffe ward, City of Leicester

Wycliffe is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,780 residents in 4,446 households — 14,553 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester South constituency.

Residents, 202115,780council ward average 17,551
Households4,4463.55 residents per household
Density14,553/ km²about 1.08 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+9.5%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 25.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 1,039
5–97.8% · 1,237
10–1510.7% · 1,692
16–196.8% · 1,074
20–247.9% · 1,240
25–3413.3% · 2,097
35–4921.7% · 3,431
50–6415.6% · 2,469
65–745.8% · 913
75–842.8% · 449
85+0.9% · 142

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van42.8% · 1,903
1 car or van41.4% · 1,839
2 cars or vans12.7% · 563
3 or more3.2% · 141
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.9% · 1,109
With mortgage12.1% · 536
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented42.3% · 1,881
Private rented20.0% · 890
Lives rent free0.5% · 21

Type of home

Detached house4.0% · 176
Semi-detached house5.2% · 232
Terraced house36.6% · 1,626
Purpose-built flat50.1% · 2,226
Converted house2.2% · 100
Other conversion0.6% · 25
Above shop / office1.3% · 59
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010478
Constituency
Leicester South
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
1 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% owned16,826SSaffron6.7% aged 65+ · 25.5% owned13,887SSpinney Hills11.2% aged 65+ · 60.5% owned13,039SStoneygate10.7% aged 65+ · 44.0% owned21,096

All 21 wards of City of Leicester

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.