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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
157
Population
378
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚PE37 7JU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
378
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
36%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
329
Single
70
Married
186
Separated
6
Divorced
33
Widowed
34

Health

Population
378
Very good
117
Good
153
Fair
78
Bad
26
Very bad
33

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
329
England❚PE37 7JU❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
24
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
68
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
98

Ethnicity

Population
378
White British
360
White Irish
2
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
378
England
345
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
6
Wales
5
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Portugal
2
Lithuania
5
Poland
1
Kenya
1
Philippines
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
378
Christian
275
Buddhist
1
No religion
75
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
28
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
12
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
257
England❚PE37 7JU❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
24
Unemployed
10
Retired
72
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
157
Owned outright
81
Owned with mortgage
40
Shared ownership
5
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
157
Unoccupied
10
Detached
99
Semi detached
47
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
157
One person
33
Two people
77
Three people
27
Four people
16
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

PE37 7LF PE37 7JE PE37 7HX PE37 7LT

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