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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
119
Population
283
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
54
England❚PE37 8HQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
283
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
38%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
260
Single
45
Married
147
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
26
Widowed
34

Health

Population
283
Very good
102
Good
87
Fair
73
Bad
17
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
260
England❚PE37 8HQ❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
77

Ethnicity

Population
283
White British
271
White Irish
1
White Other
7
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
283
England
247
Scotland
11
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
4
Portugal
5
Hong Kong
1
India
2
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
283
Christian
180
Buddhist
2
No religion
64
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
94
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚PE37 8HQ❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
17
Unemployed
1
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
42
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
74
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
10
Detached
108
Semi detached
9
Terraced
10
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
37
Two people
53
Three people
18
Four people
7
Five people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

PE37 7EL PE37 7EW PE37 7EN PE37 7EQ PE37 7TJ PE37 7TH PE37 7TF PE37 7TB PE37 7TA PE37 7QY PE37 7QX PE37 7QU PE37 8DB

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