Housing in LE3 0EA
What the homes in LE3 0EA are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Rowley Fields & Faircharm
- Council
- Leicester
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,219 (2024)
LE3 0EALeicester
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (66%). Flats make up 20.1%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
25.1% of households in the LE3 0EA area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 66% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 11.6% own outright and 13.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned25.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.2%1%
- Private rented66%20.5%
- Social rented7.5%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 2.5 people living in it. 28.6% 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 (23.5%). 28.2% 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 LE3 0EA (Rowley Fields & Faircharm) (about 2,219 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.