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Administrative Areas

Ward
Shefford
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
139
Population
358
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚SG17 5AP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
358
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
286
Single
74
Married
172
Separated
7
Divorced
25
Widowed
8

Health

Population
358
Very good
179
Good
129
Fair
46
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
286
England❚SG17 5AP❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
81
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
358
White British
329
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
9
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
4

Country of Birth

Population
358
England
320
Scotland
8
Wales
3
Germany
3
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
4
India
2
Philippines
4
North America - Other
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
358
Christian
217
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
115
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
199
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
23
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
261
England❚SG17 5AP❚
Full-Time employee
127
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
26
Unemployed
5
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
53
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
4
Detached
23
Semi detached
40
Terraced
79
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
28
Two people
52
Three people
24
Four people
24
Five people
10
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

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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