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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
140
Population
371
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚SG17 5DX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
371
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
277
Single
91
Married
129
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
31
Widowed
17

Health

Population
371
Very good
180
Good
134
Fair
44
Bad
10
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
277
England❚SG17 5DX❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
68
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
44
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
71

Ethnicity

Population
371
White British
341
White Irish
5
White Gypsy
4
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Asian Indian
3
Asian Other
4
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
371
England
340
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Ireland
6
France
1
Germany
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
1
Philippines
4
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
371
Christian
217
Buddhist
1
Hindu
3
Other
3
No religion
124
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
172
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
16
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
255
England❚SG17 5DX❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
27
Unemployed
10
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
36
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
63
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
5
Detached
16
Semi detached
59
Terraced
59
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
29
Two people
46
Three people
27
Four people
27
Five people
7
Six people
2
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

SG17 5DT SG17 5EB SG17 5GL

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