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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
146
Population
424
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚LU7 8EF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
57

Age Groups

Population
424
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
303
Single
101
Married
141
Separated
16
Divorced
36
Widowed
9

Health

Population
424
Very good
189
Good
152
Fair
56
Bad
23
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
303
England❚LU7 8EF❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
67
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
424
White British
373
White Irish
7
White Other
18
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
19

Country of Birth

Population
424
England
374
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
7
Ireland
5
France
2
Germany
4
Italy
2
Poland
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Sri Lanka
3
Philippines
9
Central America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
424
Christian
230
Buddhist
1
Hindu
6
Jewish
1
Sikh
4
Other
3
No religion
157
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
185
Mining
1
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
14
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
284
England❚LU7 8EF❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
24
Unemployed
18
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
146
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
50
Rented - council
61
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
150
Occupied
146
Unoccupied
4
Detached
10
Semi detached
75
Terraced
62
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
146
One person
14
Two people
53
Three people
37
Four people
25
Five people
10
Six people
6
Seven people
1

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