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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
102
Population
246
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
62
England❚LE8 1XU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
246
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
7%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
31%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
46
Married
144
Separated
3
Divorced
14
Widowed
13

Health

Population
246
Very good
101
Good
83
Fair
50
Bad
6
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚LE8 1XU❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
246
White British
234
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
246
England
227
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Italy
1
Poland
1
Kenya
2

Religion

Population
246
Christian
181
Buddhist
1
Hindu
5
Other
1
No religion
45
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
110
Mining
2
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
10
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
15
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
192
England❚LE8 1XU❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
18
Unemployed
5
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
102
Owned outright
72
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
104
Occupied
102
Unoccupied
2
Detached
94
Semi detached
9
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
102
One person
18
Two people
52
Three people
16
Four people
8
Five people
6
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

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