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Humberstone population

18,854people · latest estimate

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Humberstone has a population of 18,854, making it the 2nd largest place in City of Leicester.

#2
of 6 in City of Leicester

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Leicester population trends, 2001–2025.

Humberstone in context

3 km
west to Leicester, the nearest larger town
636,712
people live within 10 km
#688
largest of 6,358 UK places
Humberstone in the UK

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Humberstone sits in postcode district LE5.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Leicester, the billing authority covering Humberstone, is £2,529 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Humberstone?
The populated place itself holds 18,854 residents. The wider Leicester council area recorded 383,116 in 2025. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Leicester, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district LE5
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in City of Leicester

#PlacePopulation
1Leicester368,600
2Birstall12,216
3Belgrave11,558
4Aylestone11,151
5Wolsey Island430

All 6 places in City of Leicester →