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Administrative Areas

Ward
Challney
Local Authority
Luton
Constituency
Luton North
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
137
Population
468
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚LU4 8HE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
59

Age Groups

Population
468
Under 16
37%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
15%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
10%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
295
Single
94
Married
167
Civil partnership
2
Separated
14
Divorced
8
Widowed
10

Health

Population
468
Very good
220
Good
169
Fair
56
Bad
20
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
295
England❚LU4 8HE❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
46
No qualifications
92

Ethnicity

Population
468
White British
50
White Irish
10
White Other
31
Mixed Black Caribbean
9
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
18
Asian Indian
11
Asian Pakistani
210
Asian Bangladeshi
32
Asian Other
29
Black African
22
Black Caribbean
25
Black Other
11
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
468
England
266
Nortern Ireland
2
Wales
1
Ireland
9
France
2
Germany
6
Italy
1
Lithuania
5
Poland
12
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
Zimbabwe
13
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
13
India
4
Pakistan
96
Sri Lanka
2
Philippines
5
USA
1
South America
1
Carribean
11

Religion

Population
468
Christian
111
Buddhist
4
Jewish
1
Muslim
287
Sikh
5
Other
1
No religion
29
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
12
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
18
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
284
England❚LU4 8HE❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
28
Unemployed
31
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
43
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
30
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
7
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
41
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
40
Rented - private landlord
25
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
8
Detached
13
Semi detached
35
Terraced
51
Flat - purpose built
38
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
16
Two people
35
Three people
32
Four people
19
Five people
13
Six people
16
Seven people
2
Eight or over
4

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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