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Administrative Areas

Ward
South Wigston
Local Authority
Oadby and Wigston
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
Harborough
Region
East Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
129
Population
278
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
England❚LE8 2LZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
236
Single
80
Married
93
Separated
4
Divorced
24
Widowed
35

Health

Population
278
Very good
94
Good
93
Fair
44
Bad
33
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
236
England❚LE8 2LZ❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
14
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
129

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
263
White Irish
3
White Other
2
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
259
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
4
Kenya
2
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
2

Religion

Population
278
Christian
173
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
No religion
94
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
110
Manufacturing
13
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
15
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
191
England❚LE8 2LZ❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
8
Unemployed
9
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - council
48
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
5
Detached
2
Semi detached
83
Terraced
49

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
45
Two people
47
Three people
16
Four people
14
Five people
7

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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