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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
160
Population
321
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
134
England❚LU7 1DU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
321
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
132
Married
67
Separated
13
Divorced
33
Widowed
17

Health

Population
321
Very good
156
Good
124
Fair
28
Bad
11
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚LU7 1DU❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
321
White British
281
White Irish
3
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
4
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
3
Black Other
3
Arab
2
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
321
England
281
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
2
France
2
Italy
2
Portugal
1
Poland
3
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
7
Hong Kong
1
USA
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
321
Christian
171
Buddhist
2
Muslim
2
No religion
125
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
179
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
33
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
19
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
248
England❚LU7 1DU❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
28
Unemployed
10
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
160
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
38
Rented - council
25
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
49
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
181
Occupied
160
Unoccupied
21
Detached
4
Semi detached
11
Terraced
59
Flat - purpose built
62
Flat - converted
11
Flat - in commerical building
34

Household Size

All categoies
160
One person
82
Two people
33
Three people
25
Four people
12
Five people
6
Six people
2

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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