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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
145
Population
278
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
139
England❚LE2 8BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
53
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
42

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
83%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
242
Single
132
Married
60
Civil partnership
3
Separated
11
Divorced
33
Widowed
3

Health

Population
278
Very good
126
Good
97
Fair
36
Bad
13
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
242
England❚LE2 8BL❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
202
White Irish
1
White Other
41
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
5
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
4
Black Other
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
209
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Poland
22
Nigeria
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
7
China
4
India
4
USA
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
153
Buddhist
2
Hindu
8
Muslim
2
Other
4
No religion
94
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
156
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
13
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
240
England❚LE2 8BL❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
18
Unemployed
20
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
21
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
90
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
152
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
7
Detached
5
Semi detached
10
Terraced
48
Flat - purpose built
47
Flat - converted
42

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
79
Two people
39
Three people
13
Four people
9
Five people
2
Six people
1
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

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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