Housing in LE4 0LY
What the homes in LE4 0LY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Bradgate Heights & Beaumont Leys
- Council
- Leicester
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,899 (2024)
LE4 0LYLeicester
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (39.1%). Flats make up 40.1%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
26.4% of households in the LE4 0LY area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 15.5% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 14.2% own outright and 12.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned26.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented15.5%20.5%
- Social rented57.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.6 people living in it. 34.9% 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 (27.8%). 35.6% 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 LE4 0LY (Bradgate Heights & Beaumont Leys) (about 1,899 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.