Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005334

Leicester Forest East

Leicester Forest East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,065 residents in Blaby. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,065

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,346

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,851.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

85.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.8%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Leicester Forest East

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

Tenure

Owned85.5%

2,007 households

Private rented11.8%

278 households

Social rented2%

48 households

Shared ownership0.6%

13 households

Lives rent free0%

0 households

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached58.4%

1,370 households

Detached34%

797 households

Terraced6.2%

146 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.1%

25 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%

6 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%

2 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%

1 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%

0 households

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.8%

910 households

1 car or van in household38%

892 households

3 or more cars or vans in household14.5%

341 households

No cars or vans in household8.7%

204 households

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.9%

1,311 households

4 or more bedrooms29.8%

700 households

2 bedrooms12.9%

302 households

1 bedroom1.4%

34 households

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.7%

1,706 households

One-person household21.4%

501 households

Other household types5.9%

139 households

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.3%

828 households

1 person in household21.3%

501 households

3 people in household18.9%

443 households

4 people in household16.8%

394 households

5 people in household6%

140 households

6 people in household1.4%

32 households

7 people in household0.3%

7 households

8 or more people in household0.1%

2 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.1%

1,099 residents

15–2916.8%

1,020 residents

30–4421.6%

1,309 residents

45–6426.2%

1,587 residents

65 and over17.3%

1,052 residents

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White75.5%

4,578 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16%

968 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%

234 residents

Other ethnic group2.5%

154 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.2%

132 residents

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.8%

1,653 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications18%

880 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications15%

733 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications14.4%

702 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%

470 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship6.6%

321 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.6%

126 residents aged 16 and over

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.6%

3,201 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive32.4%

1,583 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student2%

98 residents aged 16 and over

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.2%

1,086 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%

678 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.8%

675 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations11.8%

574 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.9%

532 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations10.1%

494 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students5.9%

288 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%

281 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%

276 residents aged 16 and over

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.1%

3,100 residents

Good health34.4%

2,086 residents

Fair health11.4%

690 residents

Bad health2.5%

151 residents

Very bad health0.7%

41 residents

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%

5,236 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%

831 residents

Leicester Forest East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.6%

1,351 households

Household is deprived in one dimension31.6%

742 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions9.7%

228 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%

26 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0%

0 households

Leicester Forest East · 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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GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02005334

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Leicester Forest East

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in Leicester Forest East

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

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

Source and date are part of the record.