Clarendon Park & Stoneygate South
Leicester 030 · 7 sub-areas · 12,518 residents
Leicester 030 is a densely populated neighbourhood within Leicester, home to around 12,500 people and skewing noticeably young. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for about £895 a month — meaningfully below the UK national median for a 2-bed — though rents are rising, up around 4.4% in the past year. Nearly half of residents rent privately, and the degree-holder share is unusually high for a Leicester neighbourhood.
Clarendon Park & Stoneygate South is a mid-density neighbourhood of Leicester in the East Midlands region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services. The population skews young, with a high concentration of 18- to 34-year-olds; the rental market is active and turnover is high — people move through rather than stay.
Overview
What's it like to live in Clarendon Park & Stoneygate South?
3 parks and 2 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 10 restaurants and 4 pubs in five minutes; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,026 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 7 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Clarendon Park & Stoneygate South in Leicester
Living in Clarendon Park & Stoneygate South
Leicester 030 has the demographic profile you'd expect from an area sitting close to a city centre: young, renting, and well-qualified. Nearly four in ten residents are aged 18–34, which shapes everything from the housing stock on offer to the pace of the streets. It's a neighbourhood where the majority of people don't own their homes — private renting accounts for around 48% of households — and where a significant share of residents work from home, at roughly 40%, suggesting a professional tenant base rather than a transient student one.
On cost, Leicester 030 is competitive. A one-bedroom flat runs around £718 a month, a two-bedroom £895, and a three-bedroom just over £1,000. Those figures sit well below what you'd pay in comparable English cities further south, and the median purchase price — around £241,000 — means a deposit is within reach faster here than almost anywhere else in England. The years-to-deposit figure of 4.3 years is low by national standards. The trade-off is that rent-to-take-home sits at around 55%, which is high and reflects the gap between local wages (median resident salary around £27,900) and rents that, while affordable by national standards, are still a significant share of a Leicester income.
The neighbourhood is ethnically mixed, with a diversity index of around 50, and around 74% of residents were born in the UK. The degree-holder share — nearly half of residents — is well above the Leicester average and points to a professional and graduate-heavy population. One-person households account for over a third of all homes, reinforcing the picture of a neighbourhood dominated by singles and young professionals rather than families.
Practically, the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1.8 km away — about a 22-minute walk — giving access to Birmingham in around 70 minutes and London in around 85 minutes by public transport. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of properties with no connections below the minimum speed standard, which is genuinely useful for the large share of residents working from home. See the streets and sub-areas below for more.
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Frequently asked
- Is Leicester 030 a nice place to live?
- It depends what you're after. It suits young professionals and graduates well — rents are competitive, broadband is excellent, and a large share of neighbours are in a similar life stage. The crime rate is above the national average, and the proportion of nearby schools rated Good or Outstanding is lower than you'd hope for, so families may want to weigh those factors carefully.
- What is the rent in Leicester 030?
- A one-bedroom flat runs around £718 a month, a two-bedroom around £895, and a three-bedroom just over £1,000. These are estimates scaled from city-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose around 4.4% over the past year. That makes the neighbourhood affordable by national standards, though rent still takes up around 55% of median take-home pay.
- Is Leicester 030 safe?
- The crime rate is around 118 incidents per 1,000 residents annually — noticeably above the UK average of roughly 80. That's typical for a dense urban neighbourhood with a large young renting population, but it's a real consideration. The area's deprivation score sits close to the national midpoint, so it's not among Leicester's most deprived neighbourhoods.
- What's the commute from Leicester 030 to Leicester city centre?
- The nearest mainline rail station is around 1.8 km away — about a 22-minute walk. That said, nearly 40% of residents in this neighbourhood work from home, so the commute question is less pressing than in many other areas. For those who do go out, car is the dominant mode at around 34% of commuters.
- Who lives in Leicester 030?
- Predominantly young adults: nearly 40% of residents are aged 18–34, with a degree-holder share of around 49%. Private renters make up almost half of all households, and over a third of homes are single-person. It's a graduate and young professional neighbourhood, ethnically mixed, with around 74% of residents UK-born.
- What schools are near Leicester 030?
- There are 152 schools within 2 km of typical residents, so options are plentiful. However, only around 37.5% of those are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — well below the national average of around 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1.1 km away. Check the Leicester City Council school finder for current catchment boundaries.
- How long is the rail commute from Leicester to London?
- Around 85 minutes by public transport from the nearest mainline station, which is roughly 1.8 km from the centre of this neighbourhood. Birmingham is around 70 minutes away. These are public-transport journey times, not driving times.