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Administrative Areas

Ward
Leighton Buzzard North
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
South West Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
141
Population
321
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
126
England❚LU7 8UW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
51
C2 Skilled manual workers
37
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
321
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
98
Married
113
Separated
9
Divorced
34
Widowed
11

Health

Population
321
Very good
150
Good
129
Fair
35
Bad
6
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
England❚LU7 8UW❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
321
White British
301
White Irish
3
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
321
England
298
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
3
Germany
3
Italy
2
Spain
1
South Africa
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
321
Christian
186
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
No religion
112
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
201
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
48
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
18
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
253
England❚LU7 8UW❚
Full-Time employee
143
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
24
Unemployed
14
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
81
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
1
Detached
12
Semi detached
37
Terraced
82
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
45
Two people
48
Three people
21
Four people
21
Five people
3
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

LU7 3LD LU7 3UR LU7 3UT LU7 3UP LU7 3UJ LU7 3TT LU7 3XR LU7 3XE LU7 3XW LU7 3XF LU7 3UU LU7 3YN LU7 3UD LU7 3UE LU7 3XB LU7 3UL LU7 3YW

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