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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
131
Population
359
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚SG17 5BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
43
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
359
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
271
Single
40
Married
200
Separated
1
Divorced
14
Widowed
16

Health

Population
359
Very good
212
Good
108
Fair
34
Bad
2
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
271
England❚SG17 5BL❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
94
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
359
White British
332
White Irish
4
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
4
Black Caribbean
4
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
359
England
301
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
15
Wales
7
Ireland
3
Germany
6
Spain
1
Poland
1
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
India
3
South America
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
359
Christian
234
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
107
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
192
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
16
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
71
Education
15
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
248
England❚SG17 5BL❚
Full-Time employee
136
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
19
Unemployed
3
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
54
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
11
Detached
26
Semi detached
52
Terraced
64

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
20
Two people
42
Three people
29
Four people
32
Five people
8

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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