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Administrative Areas

Ward
Silsoe and Shillington
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
127
Population
338
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚MK45 4EN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
338
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
279
Single
51
Married
190
Civil partnership
2
Separated
2
Divorced
16
Widowed
18

Health

Population
338
Very good
188
Good
111
Fair
25
Bad
10
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
279
England❚MK45 4EN❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
132
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
338
White British
317
White Irish
5
White Other
6
Asian Indian
10

Country of Birth

Population
338
England
302
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Italy
1
Ghana
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
2
India
5
USA
3

Religion

Population
338
Christian
225
Hindu
11
Jewish
2
Other
1
No religion
73
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
167
Manufacturing
13
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
21
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
248
England❚MK45 4EN❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
30
Unemployed
7
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
55
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
6
Detached
101
Semi detached
25
Terraced
1
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
15
Two people
55
Three people
27
Four people
22
Five people
5
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

MK45 4HB MK45 4RU MK45 4EA MK45 4DE MK45 4DF MK45 4HE MK45 4EY MK45 4ET

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