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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
157
Population
527
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
130
England❚LU4 8SJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
68

Age Groups

Population
527
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
381
Single
127
Married
202
Separated
10
Divorced
23
Widowed
19

Health

Population
527
Very good
221
Good
212
Fair
66
Bad
20
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
381
England❚LU4 8SJ❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
63
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
65
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
527
White British
91
White Irish
6
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
9
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
9
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
27
Asian Pakistani
241
Asian Bangladeshi
32
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
42
Black African
31
Black Caribbean
15
Black Other
2
Arab
5
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
527
England
292
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
7
Italy
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
5
Ghana
10
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
6
Middle East
5
China
1
Bangladesh
17
India
16
Pakistan
111
Sri Lanka
5
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
10

Religion

Population
527
Christian
102
Buddhist
2
Hindu
27
Muslim
313
Sikh
3
Other
2
No religion
46
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
177
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
42
Transport and storage
24
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
12
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
366
England❚LU4 8SJ❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
23
Unemployed
29
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
47
Long-term sick/disabled
27
Student
37
Unemployed 16 - 24
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
11
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
157
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
35
Rented - private landlord
29
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
158
Occupied
157
Unoccupied
1
Detached
13
Semi detached
88
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
31
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
157
One person
23
Two people
36
Three people
31
Four people
29
Five people
17
Six people
15
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