Countesthorpe & Kilby

Blaby · East Midlands · population 7,919 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #786 of 6,856 in England
  • #60 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #4 of 12 in Blaby
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,967
Median age (est.)46
Density541per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 8%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 25%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 46% · Hindu 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Countesthorpe & Kilby is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #786 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 12 in Blaby. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (90) and lowest on Housing & access (54). Typical homes here, about £282,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 101 sales), in line with the wider Blaby median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,733 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 79 · #1,465
Employment 83 · #1,170
Education 61 · #2,678
Health 88 · #814
Crime 80 · #1,369
Housing & access 54 · #3,138
Living environment 90 · #649

House prices ?

£282,000median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£282,000101-1.9%+25.3%
Detached£345,00031-6.8%+14.0%
Semi-detached£270,00051+1.9%+24.1%
Terraced£216,25018+0.6%+14.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£282,000
Blaby£280,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,733±£6,245 · #2,387 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,319
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 279 offences
Blaby60
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #836 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences123
Theft50
Burglary23
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons31
Drugs4
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 25 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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