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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
123
Population
335
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚LE8 1TQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
335
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
267
Single
68
Married
166
Separated
5
Divorced
19
Widowed
9

Health

Population
335
Very good
191
Good
114
Fair
22
Bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
267
England❚LE8 1TQ❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
25
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
335
White British
302
White Irish
2
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
20
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
335
England
308
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Italy
1
Ghana
1
Kenya
3
Zimbabwe
1
India
5
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
335
Christian
207
Hindu
10
Sikh
8
Other
1
No religion
87
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
187
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
28
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
255
England❚LE8 1TQ❚
Full-Time employee
119
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
21
Unemployed
6
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
22
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
76
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
7
Detached
91
Semi detached
25
Terraced
14

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
15
Two people
47
Three people
26
Four people
29
Five people
4
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