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Administrative Areas

Ward
Swaffham
Local Authority
Breckland
County
Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
242
Population
545
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
163
England❚PE37 7BG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
67

Age Groups

Population
545
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
435
Single
132
Married
226
Civil partnership
5
Separated
15
Divorced
37
Widowed
20

Health

Population
545
Very good
208
Good
217
Fair
83
Bad
24
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
435
England❚PE37 7BG❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
72
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
59
Apprenticeship
77
Other qualifications
25
No qualifications
137

Ethnicity

Population
545
White British
490
White Irish
7
White Gypsy
2
White Other
21
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
7
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1
Arab
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
545
England
479
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
11
Wales
6
Ireland
6
Germany
3
Portugal
3
Poland
10
Romania
1
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
2
India
1
Philippines
6
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
545
Christian
326
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Muslim
3
No religion
166
Not stated
48

Industry

Population
223
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Mining
1
Manufacturing
22
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
10
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
375
England❚PE37 7BG❚
Full-Time employee
132
Part-Time employee
53
Self employed
29
Unemployed
18
Retired
68
Looking after home/family
26
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
242
Owned outright
90
Owned with mortgage
45
Shared ownership
8
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
44
Rented - private landlord
41
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
257
Occupied
242
Unoccupied
15
Detached
96
Semi detached
64
Terraced
79
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
2
Caravan
4

Household Size

All categoies
242
One person
62
Two people
107
Three people
36
Four people
27
Five people
7
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

PE37 7BN

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