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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
135
Population
319
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚PE37 7RP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
49%
65 or over
37%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
24%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
69
Married
106
Separated
10
Divorced
32
Widowed
57

Health

Population
319
Very good
127
Good
94
Fair
56
Bad
25
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚PE37 7RP❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
23
No qualifications
98

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
297
White Irish
1
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
5

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
275
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Portugal
5
Lithuania
3
Romania
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
6
China
3
India
2
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
222
Buddhist
2
Other
2
No religion
82
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
128
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
17
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
5
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
197
England❚PE37 7RP❚
Full-Time employee
77
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
18
Unemployed
4
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
36
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
36
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
16
Detached
43
Semi detached
42
Terraced
55
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
49
Two people
53
Three people
17
Four people
10
Five people
6

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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