Leicestershire county Census 2021

71.6% people are white, 20.2% people are asian, 3.4% people are black.
38.6% are Christian, 34.4% have no religion, 9.5% are Muslim.
39.8% households have 1 car, 30.1% households have 2 cars, 19.2% households have no car.

Leicestershire population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Leicestershire county	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	20.2%	9.3%
Black	3.4%	4.0%
Mixed	2.7%	2.9%
Other	2.1%	2.1%
White	71.6%	81.7%

Leicestershire population health

Health	Leicestershire county	England & Wales (UK)
very good	48.5%	48.4%
good	34.4%	33.6%
average	12.5%	12.7%
poor	3.6%	4.0%
very poor	1.1%	1.2%

Leicestershire population religion

Religion	Leicestershire county	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.3%	0.5%
Christian	38.6%	46.2%
Hindu	8.5%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	9.5%	6.5%
No answer	5.5%	6.0%
No religion	34.4%	37.2%
Other	2.6%	0.9%
Sikh	0.5%	0.6%

Leicestershire population economic activity

Economic activity	Leicestershire county	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	46.7%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.5%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	6.7%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.9%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.9%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.6%	7.3%
Retired	20.9%	21.6%
Student, no work	8.3%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.5%	2.8%

Leicestershire car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.34 cars per household in Leicestershire county. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Leicestershire county	England & Wales (UK)
No car	19.2%	23.3%
1 car	39.8%	41.3%
2 cars	30.1%	26.2%
3+ cars	10.9%	9.2%

Leicestershire household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).