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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
162
Population
272
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚LU7 8GR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
272
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
33%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
238
Single
61
Married
80
Separated
7
Divorced
48
Widowed
42

Health

Population
272
Very good
78
Good
94
Fair
68
Bad
20
Very bad
48

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
238
England❚LU7 8GR❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
90

Ethnicity

Population
272
White British
240
White Irish
3
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Other
5
Black African
2
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
272
England
229
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
7
Poland
3
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
1
India
4
Philippines
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
272
Christian
160
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
86
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
104
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
9
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
183
England❚LU7 8GR❚
Full-Time employee
67
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
13
Unemployed
7
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
162
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
27
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
61
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
10

Housing Types

All categoies
178
Occupied
162
Unoccupied
16
Detached
11
Semi detached
34
Terraced
60
Flat - purpose built
59
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
162
One person
94
Two people
39
Three people
18
Four people
9
Five people
2

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