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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
145
Population
408
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
138
England❚LE8 6YQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
36
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
49
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
408
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
299
Single
71
Married
187
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
8

Health

Population
408
Very good
248
Good
135
Fair
16
Bad
8
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
299
England❚LE8 6YQ❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
101
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
408
White British
365
White Irish
2
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
6
Asian Indian
22
Asian Chinese
4
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
408
England
385
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Kenya
3
China
1
Hong Kong
2
India
7
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
408
Christian
240
Buddhist
2
Hindu
20
Sikh
2
No religion
112
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
259
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Construction
34
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
51
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
28
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
295
England❚LE8 6YQ❚
Full-Time employee
142
Part-Time employee
59
Self employed
50
Unemployed
3
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
92
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
14
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
2
Detached
101
Semi detached
40
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1
Caravan
4

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
24
Two people
38
Three people
36
Four people
37
Five people
8
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

LE8 6BB LE8 6NU LE8 6ZG LE8 6AB LE8 6LG LE8 6HP LE8 6YZ LE8 6PB LE8 6WH LE8 6QW LE8 6QS LE8 6QY LE8 6QU LE8 6QT LE8 6FA LE8 6LJ LE8 6ZX LE8 6ZU 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