Housing in LE4 5HP
What the homes in LE4 5HP are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Belgrave North West
- Council
- Leicester
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,518 (2024)
LE4 5HPLeicester
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (46.6%). Flats make up 44%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
26.5% of households in the LE4 5HP area own their home, less than half the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 29.6% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 17% own outright and 9.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned26.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.1%1%
- Private rented29.6%20.5%
- Social rented42.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.8 people living in it. 30.3% 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 (18.9%). 22% 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 5HP (Belgrave North West) (about 1,518 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.