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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
121
Population
319
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚LU7 8QT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
40%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
226
Single
73
Married
114
Separated
10
Divorced
25
Widowed
4

Health

Population
319
Very good
193
Good
106
Fair
15
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
226
England❚LU7 8QT❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
281
White Irish
1
White Other
17
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
286
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Poland
1
Turkey
1
South Africa
5
Zimbabwe
1
India
2
Pakistan
1
Philippines
3
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
173
Hindu
3
Jewish
4
Muslim
8
Other
1
No religion
121
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
182
Mining
1
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
24
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
226
England❚LU7 8QT❚
Full-Time employee
134
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
18
Unemployed
9
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
67
Shared ownership
14
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
3
Detached
21
Semi detached
35
Terraced
63
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
21
Two people
40
Three people
28
Four people
26
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

LU7 4RJ LU7 4RH LU7 4RQ LU7 4QH LU7 4QQ LU7 4TX LU7 4QE LU7 4UH LU7 4RW LU7 4QG

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