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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
129
Population
274
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚LU7 8ST❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
274
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
235
Single
63
Married
127
Separated
9
Divorced
24
Widowed
12

Health

Population
274
Very good
148
Good
89
Fair
25
Bad
9
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
235
England❚LU7 8ST❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
274
White British
245
White Irish
4
White Other
14
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
4
Asian Other
3
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
274
England
241
Scotland
11
Wales
5
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Italy
7
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
274
Christian
167
Buddhist
6
No religion
86
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
148
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
15
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚LU7 8ST❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
19
Unemployed
11
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
53
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
10
Detached
47
Semi detached
21
Terraced
39
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
41
Two people
52
Three people
21
Four people
12
Five people
1
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

LU7 4RU LU7 4TS LU7 4FF

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