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Administrative Areas

Ward
Saffron
Local Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South
Region
East Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
188
Population
516
Males
40%
Females
60%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
181
England❚LE2 7GD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
106
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
52

Age Groups

Population
516
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
86%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
68%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
2%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
455
Single
376
Married
43
Civil partnership
1
Separated
10
Divorced
20
Widowed
5

Health

Population
516
Very good
296
Good
155
Fair
44
Bad
19
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
455
England❚LE2 7GD❚
Degree or above
247
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
29
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
516
White British
247
White Gypsy
1
White Other
33
Mixed Black Caribbean
13
Mixed Black African
7
Mixed Asian
11
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
38
Asian Pakistani
12
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
16
Asian Other
45
Black African
60
Black Caribbean
13
Black Other
5
Arab
2
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
516
England
351
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
France
2
Germany
2
Italy
2
Portugal
1
Poland
16
Romania
2
Turkey
6
Ghana
3
Nigeria
11
Kenya
1
Somalia
6
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
4
China
2
Hong Kong
8
Bangladesh
2
India
10
Pakistan
5
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
3
North America - Other
2
South America
1
Carribean
5

Religion

Population
516
Christian
192
Buddhist
5
Hindu
28
Muslim
83
Sikh
12
Other
4
No religion
167
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
21
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
11
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
450
England❚LE2 7GD❚
Full-Time employee
54
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
5
Unemployed
23
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
297
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
188
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
5
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
89
Rented - private landlord
69
Rented - other private
9

Housing Types

All categoies
196
Occupied
188
Unoccupied
8
Detached
3
Semi detached
5
Terraced
69
Flat - purpose built
115
Flat - converted
3
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
188
One person
63
Two people
40
Three people
25
Four people
21
Five people
25
Six people
11
Seven people
3

Nearby postcodes

LE2 7FL LE2 7JZ LE2 7JY LE2 7JR LE2 7JF LE2 7JH LE2 7GP LE2 7GN LE2 7GL LE2 7GJ LE2 7GG LE2 7GF LE2 7SL LE2 7LB LE2 7LT LE2 7LP LE2 7LH LE2 7JW LE2 7LN LE2 7JN LE2 7GB LE2 7JE LE2 7GH LE2 7JG LE2 7LD LE2 7LL LE2 7LW LE2 6BE LE2 7TR

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019