Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston

Blaby · East Midlands · population 7,594 · 5 LSOAs

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

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #567 of 6,856 in England
  • #44 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #1 of 12 in Blaby
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,552
Median age (est.)47
Density322per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 6%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 10%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 85%Asian 10%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 37% · Hindu 5%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Kirby Muxloe & Thurlaston is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #567 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 12 in Blaby. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (89) and lowest on Housing & access (49). Typical homes here, about £388,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 88 sales), 39% above the wider Blaby median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,778 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 89 · #766
Employment 85 · #1,019
Education 83 · #1,163
Health 84 · #1,109
Crime 76 · #1,616
Housing & access 49 · #3,467
Living environment 79 · #1,451

House prices ?

£388,500median (12m) · +11.0% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£388,50088+11.0%+29.5%
Detached£500,00056+8.7%+27.6%
Semi-detached£277,50018-3.3%+13.3%
Terraced£230,00014-4.1%+27.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£388,500
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)£44,778±£6,459 · #2,124 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,212
Price-to-income ?8.7×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 238 offences
Blaby60
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #501 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences114
Theft28
Burglary22
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons18
Drugs10
Robbery1
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 40 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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