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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
143
Population
343
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
110
England❚SG17 5GA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
343
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
42
Married
188
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
23
Widowed
15

Health

Population
343
Very good
179
Good
124
Fair
29
Bad
8
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚SG17 5GA❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
124
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
343
White British
334
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
343
England
312
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
13
Wales
6
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Bangladesh
2
USA
2

Religion

Population
343
Christian
232
Jewish
1
Muslim
2
No religion
89
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
183
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
25
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
16
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
246
England❚SG17 5GA❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
38
Unemployed
8
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
2
Detached
93
Semi detached
34
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
35
Two people
57
Three people
22
Four people
21
Five people
6
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

SG17 5NH

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