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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
156
Population
399
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
133
England❚LU7 8QP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
43
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
399
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
314
Single
85
Married
174
Separated
8
Divorced
35
Widowed
12

Health

Population
399
Very good
211
Good
138
Fair
34
Bad
13
Very bad
35

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
314
England❚LU7 8QP❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
60
Apprenticeship
89
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
399
White British
380
White Irish
3
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Chinese
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
399
England
360
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
10
Wales
7
Ireland
2
Germany
2
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
3
Sri Lanka
2

Religion

Population
399
Christian
263
Other
1
No religion
108
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
234
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
48
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
14
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
8
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
19
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
303
England❚LU7 8QP❚
Full-Time employee
160
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
34
Unemployed
16
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
156
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
97
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
159
Occupied
156
Unoccupied
3
Detached
42
Semi detached
112
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
156
One person
29
Two people
58
Three people
32
Four people
29
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