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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
128
Population
268
Males
42%
Females
58%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
76
England❚PE37 7DA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
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
26

Age Groups

Population
268
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
229
Single
66
Married
92
Separated
8
Divorced
32
Widowed
31

Health

Population
268
Very good
106
Good
101
Fair
45
Bad
13
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
229
England❚PE37 7DA❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
268
White British
217
White Irish
2
White Other
26
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
11
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
7
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
268
England
206
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
8
Ireland
2
Italy
2
Portugal
3
Lithuania
10
Poland
6
India
9
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
6
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
268
Christian
177
No religion
75
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
136
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
12
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
15
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
184
England❚PE37 7DA❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
18
Unemployed
5
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
22
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
45
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
150
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
22
Detached
19
Semi detached
14
Terraced
51
Flat - purpose built
42
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
21
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
53
Two people
43
Three people
16
Four people
12
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

PE37 7BU PE37 7BP PE37 7BJ PE37 7BZ PE37 7DE PE37 7BQ PE37 7BX PE37 7FA PE37 7BY PE37 7AN PE37 7AY PE37 7FB PE37 7LY PE37 7NQ PE37 7NG PE37 7NB PE37 7NH PE37 7LR PE37 7LU PE37 7NA PE37 7DQ PE37 7DF PE37 7DU PE37 7RB PE37 7LS PE37 7LP PE37 7LH PE37 7LL PE37 7ND PE37 7LX PE37 7LZ PE37 7HP PE37 7HR PE37 7HQ PE37 7HN PE37 7HW PE37 7HH PE37 7JS

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