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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wigston Meadowcourt
Local Authority
Oadby and Wigston
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Harborough
Region
East Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
140
Population
317
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚LE8 1PL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
317
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
76
Married
145
Civil partnership
1
Separated
7
Divorced
19
Widowed
20

Health

Population
317
Very good
146
Good
123
Fair
37
Bad
9
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚LE8 1PL❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
317
White British
284
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
8
Asian Pakistani
6
Asian Chinese
5
Black African
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
317
England
289
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Poland
2
China
1
India
7
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
317
Christian
186
Buddhist
5
Hindu
1
Muslim
6
Sikh
7
No religion
92
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
154
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
23
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚LE8 1PL❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
17
Unemployed
9
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
48
Shared ownership
11
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
13
Detached
59
Semi detached
57
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
19
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
40
Two people
56
Three people
19
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six people
2

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