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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
134
Population
317
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚LE8 1SY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
52
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
317
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
264
Single
94
Married
128
Civil partnership
3
Separated
3
Divorced
22
Widowed
14

Health

Population
317
Very good
169
Good
109
Fair
28
Bad
9
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
264
England❚LE8 1SY❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
317
White British
296
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
10
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
317
England
299
Scotland
1
Wales
4
Germany
2
Poland
2
Kenya
3
South Africa
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
Pakistan
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
317
Christian
190
Hindu
10
Jewish
2
Muslim
4
No religion
97
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
201
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
12
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
2
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
21
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
257
England❚LE8 1SY❚
Full-Time employee
130
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
33
Unemployed
3
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
141
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
7
Detached
48
Semi detached
42
Terraced
49
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
34
Two people
52
Three people
26
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six 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