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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 hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
137
Population
350
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚MK45 4HG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
350
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
304
Single
77
Married
170
Separated
8
Divorced
23
Widowed
26

Health

Population
350
Very good
167
Good
124
Fair
43
Bad
13
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
304
England❚MK45 4HG❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
102
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
350
White British
319
White Irish
9
White Gypsy
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
7
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
350
England
311
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
7
Germany
3
Italy
1
Lithuania
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
China
1
India
2
Philippines
1
USA
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
350
Christian
235
Buddhist
3
Hindu
3
Jewish
1
No religion
72
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
182
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
21
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
264
England❚MK45 4HG❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
42
Unemployed
15
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
29
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
7
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
66
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
8
Detached
76
Semi detached
31
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
33
Two people
52
Three people
26
Four people
18
Five people
6
Six people
1
Seven people
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