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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
138
Population
326
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
85
England❚PE37 7BQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
326
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
271
Single
74
Married
140
Separated
6
Divorced
27
Widowed
24

Health

Population
326
Very good
119
Good
122
Fair
50
Bad
27
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
271
England❚PE37 7BQ❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
99

Ethnicity

Population
326
White British
305
White Other
11
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
326
England
298
Scotland
6
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Portugal
2
Lithuania
1
Poland
2
Nigeria
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
3
India
3
USA
1

Religion

Population
326
Christian
221
Hindu
3
Other
3
No religion
72
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
126
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Mining
1
Manufacturing
13
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
11
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
232
England❚PE37 7BQ❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
25
Unemployed
17
Retired
47
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
28
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
8
Detached
39
Semi detached
80
Terraced
14
Flat - purpose built
2
Caravan
11

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
31
Two people
53
Three people
33
Four people
16
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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