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Administrative Areas

Ward
Amersham Town
Local Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
140
Population
289
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚HP7 0DE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
289
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
73
Married
114
Separated
5
Divorced
28
Widowed
20

Health

Population
289
Very good
137
Good
82
Fair
44
Bad
18
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚HP7 0DE❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
15
Apprenticeship
102
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
289
White British
219
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
1
White Other
15
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
6
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
22
Black African
1
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
289
England
227
Scotland
6
Wales
5
Ireland
5
France
2
Germany
2
Poland
5
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
3
China
8
India
2
Sri Lanka
9
Philippines
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
2

Religion

Population
289
Christian
153
Buddhist
3
Hindu
10
Jewish
1
Muslim
3
Sikh
4
Other
1
No religion
69
Not stated
45

Industry

Population
138
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
14
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
202
England❚HP7 0DE❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
19
Unemployed
3
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
28
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
54
Rented - private landlord
21
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
3
Detached
23
Semi detached
23
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
84
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
63
Two people
45
Three people
8
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

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