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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
121
Population
302
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚LE8 1SR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
302
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
70
Married
150
Separated
7
Divorced
20
Widowed
18

Health

Population
302
Very good
147
Good
116
Fair
27
Bad
10
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
England❚LE8 1SR❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
38

Ethnicity

Population
302
White British
286
White Irish
2
White Other
7
Asian Indian
5
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
302
England
277
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
2
North America - Other
2
Central America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
302
Christian
197
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Muslim
2
No religion
84
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
179
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
6
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
9
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
19
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
242
England❚LE8 1SR❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
36
Unemployed
4
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
59
Owned with mortgage
47
Shared ownership
8
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
2
Detached
81
Semi detached
21
Terraced
21

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
22
Two people
53
Three people
23
Four people
14
Five people
6
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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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