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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
99
Population
242
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚LE8 1WD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
242
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
199
Single
40
Married
126
Separated
1
Divorced
16
Widowed
16

Health

Population
242
Very good
130
Good
79
Fair
26
Bad
6
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
199
England❚LE8 1WD❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
242
White British
218
White Irish
2
White Other
10
Asian Indian
12

Country of Birth

Population
242
England
222
Nortern Ireland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
6
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1

Religion

Population
242
Christian
163
Hindu
2
Sikh
7
No religion
62
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
122
Mining
1
Manufacturing
8
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
11
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
179
England❚LE8 1WD❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
14
Unemployed
3
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
99
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
104
Occupied
99
Unoccupied
5
Detached
27
Semi detached
59
Terraced
18

Household Size

All categoies
99
One person
25
Two people
36
Three people
14
Four people
18
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