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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
133
Population
299
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚LU7 8RB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
235
Single
71
Married
98
Separated
8
Divorced
21
Widowed
37

Health

Population
299
Very good
92
Good
108
Fair
65
Bad
28
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
235
England❚LU7 8RB❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
93

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
262
White Irish
10
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
263
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
1
Ireland
11
France
2
Germany
1
Italy
2
Poland
2
Zimbabwe
1
China
3
Hong Kong
1
India
1

Religion

Population
299
Christian
174
Buddhist
1
Muslim
2
No religion
98
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
106
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
8
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚LU7 8RB❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
8
Unemployed
16
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
80
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
1
Detached
3
Semi detached
66
Terraced
47
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
40
Two people
49
Three people
18
Four people
23
Five people
3

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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