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Administrative Areas

Ward
Cosby with South Whetstone
Local Authority
Blaby
County
Leicestershire
Constituency
South Leicestershire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
144
Population
403
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
126
England❚LE8 3LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
46
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
403
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
292
Single
85
Married
163
Separated
16
Divorced
18
Widowed
10

Health

Population
403
Very good
211
Good
155
Fair
28
Bad
8
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
292
England❚LE8 3LF❚
Degree or above
58
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
65
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
403
White British
388
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
2
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
403
England
383
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Kenya
1
India
1
Sri Lanka
1
USA
3
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
403
Christian
247
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Other
2
No religion
119
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
213
Mining
1
Manufacturing
30
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
47
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
27
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
285
England❚LE8 3LF❚
Full-Time employee
135
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
27
Unemployed
8
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
89
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
2
Detached
67
Semi detached
70
Terraced
8
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
22
Two people
42
Three people
36
Four people
34
Five people
8
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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