Electoral wardE05005505
Melton Sysonby ward, Melton
Melton Sysonby is one of 16 electoral wards of Melton Borough Council, in Leicestershire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,539 residents in 2,265 households — 1,504 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melton and Syston constituency; for county elections it is in the Melton East and Melton West divisions.
Residents, 20215,539council ward average 3,234
Households2,2652.45 residents per household
Density1,504/ km²about 3.68 km² · Melton 108
Aged 65+20.2%Melton: 23.5% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 310
5–95.6% · 308
10–158.0% · 445
16–195.3% · 292
20–244.8% · 267
25–3410.7% · 595
35–4918.0% · 994
50–6421.8% · 1,207
65–7410.7% · 591
75–846.8% · 374
85+2.8% · 154
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.7% · 310
1 car or van37.9% · 857
2 cars or vans33.7% · 763
3 or more14.8% · 334
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Melton overall: 71.0% owned, 10.7% social rented, 17.2% private rented.
Owned outright40.6% · 919
With mortgage34.5% · 782
Shared ownership2.2% · 49
Social rented14.3% · 323
Private rented8.3% · 188
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house49.7% · 1,125
Semi-detached house37.6% · 852
Terraced house7.8% · 176
Purpose-built flat4.0% · 91
Converted house0.8% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005505- Council
- Melton Borough Council
- County council
- Leicestershire County Council
- County division
- Melton East, Melton West
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAsfordby21.2% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned3,603BBottesford29.4% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned3,687CCroxton Kerrial23.8% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned1,820FFrisby-on-the-Wreake24.9% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned1,886GGaddesby29.1% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned1,703LLong Clawson and Stathern23.6% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,213MMelton Craven24.1% aged 65+ · 62.0% owned3,538MMelton Dorian20.2% aged 65+ · 66.4% owned5,515MMelton Egerton18.5% aged 65+ · 59.2% owned4,120MMelton Newport25.6% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned5,382MMelton Warwick23.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned3,635OOld Dalby23.6% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned1,943SSomerby26.1% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned1,812WWaltham-on-the-Wolds29.0% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned1,793
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.