Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 52 min4:40 am – 9:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 38 min8:13 am – 3:51 pm
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People9,816 residentsin the Thurmaston census areaMedian age 44.04,026 households73% of homes owner-occupied43% owned outright11% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.4% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 4,573 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 21%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 13%Getting to work: 23% work from home, 62% go by car, 4% take public transport, 10% walk or cycle75% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher26% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 85%3% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C649 mm of rain a year, 15 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October47 days of air frost, 15 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesWatermead Country Parkpark · under a mile · 147 haJesse Jackson Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haHamilton Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 26 haHumberstone Heights Golf Clubgolf course · 1.2 mi · 52 haRushey Fields Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.0 mi · 9 haOakland Avenue Allotmentsallotments · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes80 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197011 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200246 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202548 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 14 · PM2.5 8.0 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband100% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,129 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation60 m197 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 47 to 74 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalLeicester General Hospital3.0 miGP surgerySilverdale Medical Centre20 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacySilverdale Pharmacy27 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi34 schools24 primary, 4 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 independent, 2 special, 1 sixth form, 1 otherPrimarySandfield Close Primary Schoolages 4-11, 250 pupilsunder a milePrimaryChurch Hill Infant Schoolages 5-7, 167 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryRushey Mead Academyages 11-16, 1,804 pupils1.0 miCollegeLeicester College3.8 miUniversityDe Montfort University3.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA15 miRailway stationSyston1.6 miBus stationSt Margaret's Bus StationLeicester2.8 miBus stops135 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the LE4 postcode district.
