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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
137
Population
444
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
129
England❚LE8 3ZU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
54
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
444
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
319
Single
76
Married
209
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
2

Health

Population
444
Very good
294
Good
129
Fair
19
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
319
England❚LE8 3ZU❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
65
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
105
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
444
White British
385
White Irish
7
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
28
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
6

Country of Birth

Population
444
England
407
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
1
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Ghana
1
Kenya
2
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
2
India
4
USA
2
South America
1
Carribean
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
444
Christian
288
Hindu
18
Jewish
1
Sikh
4
No religion
102
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
265
Mining
2
Manufacturing
32
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
46
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
15
Financial and insurance
23
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
27
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
315
England❚LE8 3ZU❚
Full-Time employee
133
Part-Time employee
64
Self employed
58
Unemployed
7
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
28
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
101
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
1
Detached
128
Semi detached
6
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
10
Two people
32
Three people
26
Four people
53
Five people
16

Nearby postcodes

LE8 6BB LE8 6NU LE8 6ZG LE8 6LG LE8 6HP LE8 6ZD LE8 6YZ LE8 6ZB LE8 6ZA LE8 6YF LE8 6YP LE8 6PB LE8 6YQ LE8 6XY LE8 6ZZ LE8 6ZW LE8 6ZN LE8 6ZY LE8 6BH LE8 6BW LE8 6BT LE8 6BJ

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