Housing in LE16 8FF
What the homes in LE16 8FF are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Market Harborough South & Little Bowden
- Council
- Harborough
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,456 (2024)
LE16 8FFMarket Harborough
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (39.7%). Flats make up 26.1%, above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
69% of households in the LE16 8FF area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 20.8% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 42.2% own outright and 26.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned69%61.3%
- Shared ownership4.1%1%
- Private rented20.8%20.5%
- Social rented6.1%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 37.9% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (21.4%). 17.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Harborough
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Harborough (August 2026, +3.8% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around LE16 8FF (Market Harborough South & Little Bowden) (about 1,456 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.