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Administrative Areas

Ward
Leighton Buzzard South
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
South West Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
190
Population
433
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
160
England❚LU7 1AA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
56
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
61
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
433
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
370
Single
123
Married
165
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
42
Widowed
30

Health

Population
433
Very good
215
Good
156
Fair
46
Bad
9
Very bad
42

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
370
England❚LU7 1AA❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
61
Apprenticeship
141
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
433
White British
370
White Irish
4
White Other
22
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
5
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
8
Black African
2
Black Other
1
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
433
England
369
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
9
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
5
Spain
2
Poland
2
Ghana
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
3
Hong Kong
2
India
3
Philippines
4
USA
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
1

Religion

Population
433
Christian
235
Buddhist
4
Hindu
3
Muslim
1
Other
6
No religion
140
Not stated
44

Industry

Population
251
Manufacturing
23
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
44
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
19
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
24
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
21
Education
25
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
335
England❚LU7 1AA❚
Full-Time employee
168
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
36
Unemployed
11
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
32
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
190
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
66
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
49
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
205
Occupied
190
Unoccupied
15
Detached
30
Semi detached
33
Terraced
69
Flat - purpose built
32
Flat - converted
36
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
190
One person
67
Two people
58
Three people
30
Four people
28
Five people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

LU7 2UW LU7 2LA LU7 1LB LU7 1AE LU7 1EX LU7 1DY LU7 1EA LU7 1DG

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