Housing in LE2 0FA
What the homes in LE2 0FA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- St Matthews & Highfields North
- Council
- Leicester
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,762 (2024)
LE2 0FALeicester
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (86.1%). Flats make up 3.5%, less than half the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
67.5% of households in the LE2 0FA area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 26.1% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 46.6% own outright and 20.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned67.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented26.1%20.5%
- Social rented5.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 3.8 people living in it. 9.3% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (26.6%). 27.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Leicester
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Leicester (August 2026, +1.6% 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 LE2 0FA (St Matthews & Highfields North) (about 1,762 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.