Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006850

Leicester City South

Leicester City South is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,114 residents in Leicester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leicester

10,114

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,857

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,701.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

61.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.8%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Leicester City South

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

Tenure

Private rented53.6%

1,532 households

Social rented34.8%

993 households

Owned11.2%

321 households

Lives rent free0.2%

6 households

Shared ownership0.2%

5 households

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement49.5%

1,412 households

Terraced24.1%

687 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits11.6%

331 households

Semi-detached6.2%

178 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.5%

99 households

Detached3.1%

89 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2%

57 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%

2 households

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household61.7%

1,764 households

1 car or van in household29.7%

850 households

2 cars or vans in household6.2%

177 households

3 or more cars or vans in household2.4%

68 households

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom40.9%

1,169 households

2 bedrooms28.1%

804 households

3 bedrooms16.1%

460 households

4 or more bedrooms14.9%

425 households

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household43.8%

1,251 households

Single family household34.9%

996 households

Other household types21.4%

610 households

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43.8%

1,251 households

2 people in household27.1%

775 households

3 people in household12.5%

357 households

4 people in household8.6%

245 households

5 people in household4.4%

126 households

6 people in household2%

58 households

7 people in household0.8%

24 households

8 or more people in household0.7%

21 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157.1%

717 residents

15–2964.9%

6,558 residents

30–4414.2%

1,435 residents

45–6410%

1,012 residents

65 and over3.8%

389 residents

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White47.2%

4,777 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh26.6%

2,695 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African16.2%

1,642 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%

526 residents

Other ethnic group4.7%

475 residents

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications41.8%

3,912 residents aged 16 and over

Level 4 qualifications or above30.8%

2,882 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications9.9%

924 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications7.3%

682 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.1%

474 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications3%

280 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship2.2%

202 residents aged 16 and over

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive55.1%

5,158 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active (excluding full-time students)27%

2,524 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student17.9%

1,675 residents aged 16 and over

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students59%

5,518 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations8.9%

837 residents aged 16 and over

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%

694 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%

618 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.7%

444 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations4.5%

423 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations3.8%

351 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers3.3%

313 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.7%

158 residents aged 16 and over

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49%

4,956 residents

Good health35.8%

3,620 residents

Fair health11.5%

1,161 residents

Bad health3%

302 residents

Very bad health0.8%

76 residents

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%

8,544 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%

1,570 residents

Leicester City South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.7%

1,107 households

Household is deprived in one dimension37.4%

1,070 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions16.9%

482 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%

176 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%

23 households

Leicester City South · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02006850

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Leicester City South

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 City South

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.