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Administrative Areas

Ward
Blackfordby
Local Authority
North West Leicestershire
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
129
Population
289
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚LE6 5TT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
289
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
252
Single
38
Married
177
Separated
5
Divorced
12
Widowed
20

Health

Population
289
Very good
114
Good
113
Fair
42
Bad
16
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
252
England❚LE6 5TT❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
289
White British
284
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
2

Country of Birth

Population
289
England
279
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
289
Christian
217
Buddhist
2
No religion
50
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
123
Mining
2
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
9
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚LE6 5TT❚
Full-Time employee
59
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
22
Unemployed
5
Retired
60
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
84
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
2
Detached
84
Semi detached
38
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
29
Two people
62
Three people
19
Four people
16
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

LE65 2UJ LE65 2TU

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