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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
114
Population
279
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚LE8 1SQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
279
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
219
Single
70
Married
118
Separated
6
Divorced
12
Widowed
13

Health

Population
279
Very good
130
Good
100
Fair
34
Bad
9
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
219
England❚LE8 1SQ❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
279
White British
270
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
279
England
269
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Romania
1
South Africa
1
India
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
279
Christian
142
Hindu
1
No religion
115
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
138
Manufacturing
10
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
23
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
192
England❚LE8 1SQ❚
Full-Time employee
79
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
21
Unemployed
7
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
6
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
6
Detached
33
Semi detached
36
Terraced
43
Flat - purpose built
8

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
27
Two people
41
Three people
25
Four people
12
Five people
7
Six people
2

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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