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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 village
Households
133
Population
332
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
95
England❚MK45 4HZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
332
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
271
Single
66
Married
165
Separated
3
Divorced
14
Widowed
23

Health

Population
332
Very good
159
Good
120
Fair
37
Bad
13
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
271
England❚MK45 4HZ❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
89
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
332
White British
305
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
8
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
332
England
290
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
7
Wales
6
Ireland
4
Germany
2
Spain
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
332
Christian
211
Buddhist
2
Hindu
4
No religion
85
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
168
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
19
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚MK45 4HZ❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
27
Unemployed
5
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
43
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
5
Detached
58
Semi detached
44
Terraced
34
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
34
Two people
41
Three people
29
Four people
19
Five people
8
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

MK45 4JB

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