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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
184
Population
455
Males
42%
Females
58%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
153
England❚PE37 8JQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
78

Age Groups

Population
455
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
332
Single
121
Married
134
Separated
9
Divorced
54
Widowed
14

Health

Population
455
Very good
205
Good
171
Fair
47
Bad
25
Very bad
54

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
332
England❚PE37 8JQ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
73
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
101

Ethnicity

Population
455
White British
393
White Irish
5
White Gypsy
7
White Other
27
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
5
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
455
England
397
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
7
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Germany
3
Portugal
4
Lithuania
7
Poland
9
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
2
India
3
Philippines
1
USA
5
South America
3

Religion

Population
455
Christian
279
Jewish
2
Other
2
No religion
139
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
180
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
12
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
317
England❚PE37 8JQ❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
53
Self employed
14
Unemployed
24
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
30
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
184
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
93
Rented - private landlord
16
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
198
Occupied
184
Unoccupied
14
Detached
28
Semi detached
69
Terraced
67
Flat - purpose built
29
Flat - converted
3
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
184
One person
43
Two people
71
Three people
28
Four people
30
Five people
9
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

PE37 8JF PE37 8HF PE37 7TW PE37 7TR PE37 7TP PE37 7XA PE37 7XF PE37 7ER PE37 7EP PE37 7TQ PE37 7TT PE37 7TS PE37 7TG PE37 7TE PE37 7UG PE37 7TN PE37 7TL

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