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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
184
Population
368
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
157
England❚LU7 8QJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
62
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
39

Age Groups

Population
368
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
311
Single
140
Married
92
Civil partnership
1
Separated
13
Divorced
55
Widowed
10

Health

Population
368
Very good
161
Good
140
Fair
34
Bad
26
Very bad
55

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
311
England❚LU7 8QJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
65
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
72
Apprenticeship
67
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
368
White British
344
White Irish
2
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
368
England
334
Scotland
9
Wales
2
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
6
Romania
1
South Africa
1
India
1
Pakistan
3
USA
1

Religion

Population
368
Christian
185
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Other
3
No religion
139
Not stated
38

Industry

Population
219
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
31
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
23
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
300
England❚LU7 8QJ❚
Full-Time employee
158
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
29
Unemployed
15
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
184
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
53
Rented - private landlord
35
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
193
Occupied
184
Unoccupied
9
Detached
15
Semi detached
35
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
104
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
184
One person
79
Two people
56
Three people
25
Four people
18
Five people
6

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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