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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
137
Population
251
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
53
England❚PE37 7LH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
251
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
42%
65 or over
49%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
26%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
230
Single
33
Married
129
Separated
6
Divorced
27
Widowed
35

Health

Population
251
Very good
71
Good
101
Fair
67
Bad
9
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
230
England❚PE37 7LH❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
53
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
90

Ethnicity

Population
251
White British
238
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
3
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
251
England
223
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Ireland
4
Portugal
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
India
3
Philippines
2
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
251
Christian
192
No religion
44
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
80
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
10
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
164
England❚PE37 7LH❚
Full-Time employee
43
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
12
Unemployed
5
Retired
59
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
80
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
6
Detached
83
Semi detached
41
Terraced
8
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
4
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
56
Two people
58
Three people
14
Four people
8
Five people
1

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