Housing in LE2 7FT
What the homes in LE2 7FT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Aylestone North & Saffron Fields
- Council
- Leicester
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,116 (2024)
LE2 7FTLeicester
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (50.9%). Flats make up 23.8%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
32% of households in the LE2 7FT area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 41.6% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 13% own outright and 19% with a mortgage.
- Owned32%61.3%
- Shared ownership3.5%1%
- Private rented41.6%20.5%
- Social rented22.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 33.8% 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 (27.4%). 29.6% 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 7FT (Aylestone North & Saffron Fields) (about 2,116 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.