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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
110
Population
272
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚LE8 1QT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
272
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
222
Single
60
Married
117
Separated
10
Divorced
19
Widowed
16

Health

Population
272
Very good
145
Good
86
Fair
37
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
222
England❚LE8 1QT❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
272
White British
242
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Asian Indian
9
Asian Other
7
Black Caribbean
6

Country of Birth

Population
272
England
248
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Germany
1
Spain
1
Turkey
1
South Africa
2
India
6
USA
1

Religion

Population
272
Christian
178
Buddhist
2
Hindu
4
Muslim
1
Sikh
11
Other
1
No religion
56
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
153
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
19
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚LE8 1QT❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
29
Unemployed
7
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
110
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
118
Occupied
110
Unoccupied
8
Detached
61
Semi detached
49
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
110
One person
27
Two people
41
Three people
19
Four people
16
Five people
3
Six people
3
Eight or over
1

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