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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
192
Population
467
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
148
England❚MK45 4GB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
56
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
60
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
467
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
386
Single
120
Married
206
Separated
10
Divorced
27
Widowed
23

Health

Population
467
Very good
250
Good
151
Fair
54
Bad
10
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
386
England❚MK45 4GB❚
Degree or above
76
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
68
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
156
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
467
White British
420
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
10
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
9
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
7
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
467
England
423
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
5
Wales
10
Germany
3
Spain
1
Poland
3
Romania
1
Nigeria
2
Kenya
2
South Africa
3
USA
4
South America
2

Religion

Population
467
Christian
316
Hindu
2
Muslim
9
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
106
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
230
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
23
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
14
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
33
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
356
England❚MK45 4GB❚
Full-Time employee
136
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
38
Unemployed
5
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
61
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
192
Owned outright
72
Owned with mortgage
81
Shared ownership
9
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
253
Occupied
192
Unoccupied
61
Detached
91
Semi detached
48
Terraced
67
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
29
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
192
One person
43
Two people
79
Three people
32
Four people
26
Five people
8
Six people
2
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

MK45 4GP

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