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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
126
Population
292
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
75
England❚PE37 7TP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
292
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
262
Single
54
Married
161
Separated
5
Divorced
21
Widowed
21

Health

Population
292
Very good
101
Good
129
Fair
51
Bad
9
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
262
England❚PE37 7TP❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
292
White British
283
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
1
White Other
1
Asian Indian
3

Country of Birth

Population
292
England
265
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
5
Ireland
4
Germany
4
Portugal
1
Poland
1
India
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
292
Christian
206
Sikh
2
No religion
54
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
144
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
16
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
218
England❚PE37 7TP❚
Full-Time employee
84
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
16
Unemployed
7
Retired
47
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
63
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
5
Detached
124
Semi detached
5
Flat - purpose built
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
20
Two people
70
Three people
18
Four people
14
Five people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

PE37 8JN PE37 8JF PE37 8JQ PE37 8JJ PE37 8JL PE37 8HP PE37 8HJ PE37 8BS PE37 7GD PE37 7XA PE37 7XF PE37 7ER PE37 7EP PE37 7TQ PE37 7TT PE37 7TS PE37 7TG PE37 7UG

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