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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002857

Aylestone North & Saffron Fields

Aylestone North & Saffron Fields is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,256 residents in Leicester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leicester
7,256

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,243

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,692.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Fratton Kingston, Portsmouth10,355 residents · 44.8% owned · 36.8% no carWestgate, Ipswich10,199 residents · 38.7% owned · 34.5% no carNew Town & Hythe, Colchester13,379 residents · 44.7% owned · 29.0% no carStornton & Sixfields, West Northamptonshire7,761 residents · 50.1% owned · 26.9% no carKettering Central East, North Northamptonshire9,201 residents · 39.6% owned · 30.4% no carKingsley Park & Racecourse, West Northamptonshire6,194 residents · 52.2% owned · 25.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Aylestone North & Saffron Fields

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented45.7%
1,483 households
Owned40.7%
1,319 households
Social rented12.5%
404 households
Shared ownership1.1%
36 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced54%
1,752 households
Semi-detached19.7%
638 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13%
421 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.4%
209 households
Detached3.4%
110 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.2%
70 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
41 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.6%
1,511 households
No cars or vans in household33.5%
1,087 households
2 cars or vans in household16.8%
544 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.1%
102 households
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms44.4%
1,440 households
3 bedrooms33.3%
1,080 households
1 bedroom16.7%
541 households
4 or more bedrooms5.6%
183 households
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.7%
1,840 households
One-person household34.5%
1,119 households
Other household types8.8%
285 households
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.5%
1,119 households
2 people in household33.8%
1,096 households
3 people in household16.5%
535 households
4 people in household9.7%
316 households
5 people in household3.6%
117 households
6 people in household1.2%
38 households
7 people in household0.6%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.2%
1,393 residents
15–2923%
1,667 residents
30–4427.4%
1,985 residents
45–6421.5%
1,560 residents
65 and over9%
651 residents
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White73.7%
5,340 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.1%
732 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.5%
547 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
438 residents
Other ethnic group2.7%
193 residents
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.2%
1,749 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.7%
1,195 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
978 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
792 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
586 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
302 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.5%
3,672 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.2%
1,920 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.3%
190 residents aged 16 and over
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18%
1,044 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.4%
1,006 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.4%
774 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.2%
592 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.8%
567 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
454 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.2%
419 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
328 residents aged 16 and over
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47%
3,413 residents
Good health35.2%
2,555 residents
Fair health12.8%
932 residents
Bad health3.6%
262 residents
Very bad health1.3%
92 residents
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.3%
5,973 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.7%
1,281 residents
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.3%
1,468 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
1,134 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.8%
480 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
145 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
17 households
Aylestone North & Saffron Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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