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Administrative Areas

Ward
Biscot
Local Authority
Luton
Constituency
Luton South
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
144
Population
564
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
125
England❚LU4 8LR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
77

Age Groups

Population
564
Under 16
34%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
370
Single
120
Married
200
Separated
20
Divorced
14
Widowed
16

Health

Population
564
Very good
254
Good
214
Fair
67
Bad
17
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
370
England❚LU4 8LR❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
60
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
64
No qualifications
122

Ethnicity

Population
564
White British
26
White Irish
3
White Other
21
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Black African
5
Mixed Asian
6
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
39
Asian Pakistani
231
Asian Bangladeshi
153
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
38
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
10
Black Other
2
Arab
4
Other
7

Country of Birth

Population
564
England
299
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Italy
3
Poland
11
Kenya
3
Somalia
5
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
74
India
21
Pakistan
96
Sri Lanka
6
USA
2
Carribean
7

Religion

Population
564
Christian
54
Buddhist
1
Hindu
8
Muslim
455
Sikh
12
Other
6
No religion
12
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
157
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
26
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
11
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
361
England❚LU4 8LR❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
34
Unemployed
27
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
61
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
58
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
10
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
55
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
41
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
2
Detached
14
Semi detached
41
Terraced
74
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
23
Two people
23
Three people
22
Four people
18
Five people
17
Six people
26
Seven people
8
Eight or over
7

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