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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
145
Population
376
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
104
England❚SG17 5GN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
376
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
291
Single
78
Married
158
Separated
7
Divorced
28
Widowed
20

Health

Population
376
Very good
180
Good
129
Fair
51
Bad
14
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
291
England❚SG17 5GN❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
88

Ethnicity

Population
376
White British
363
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
376
England
351
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Turkey
1
South Africa
2
Philippines
2
USA
2

Religion

Population
376
Christian
210
Buddhist
1
No religion
139
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
182
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
10
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚SG17 5GN❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
25
Unemployed
7
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
145
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
46
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
49
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
145
Unoccupied
1
Detached
30
Semi detached
76
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
145
One person
25
Two people
55
Three people
30
Four people
25
Five people
9
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