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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
120
Population
272
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚PE37 8BZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
272
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
241
Single
59
Married
142
Civil partnership
1
Divorced
21
Widowed
18

Health

Population
272
Very good
110
Good
106
Fair
36
Bad
15
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
241
England❚PE37 8BZ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
272
White British
262
White Irish
4
White Other
4
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
272
England
247
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Ireland
4
Germany
4
Portugal
1
USA
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
272
Christian
194
Other
1
No religion
50
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
141
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
12
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚PE37 8BZ❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
19
Unemployed
4
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
2
Detached
88
Semi detached
20
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
28
Two people
54
Three people
22
Four people
12
Five people
2
Six people
2

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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