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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
121
Population
248
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚SG17 5DP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
248
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
211
Single
61
Married
94
Separated
5
Divorced
34
Widowed
17

Health

Population
248
Very good
115
Good
99
Fair
29
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
211
England❚SG17 5DP❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
248
White British
223
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
5

Country of Birth

Population
248
England
213
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Ireland
3
France
2
Germany
4
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
India
3
Pakistan
1
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
248
Christian
130
Buddhist
1
No religion
81
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
144
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
13
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
188
England❚SG17 5DP❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
31
Unemployed
4
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
10
Detached
26
Semi detached
19
Terraced
48
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
7
Flat - in commerical building
10

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
44
Two people
42
Three people
24
Four people
10
Six people
1

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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