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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
164
Population
395
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚SG17 5JR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
29
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
40
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
395
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
325
Single
106
Married
154
Separated
6
Divorced
29
Widowed
30

Health

Population
395
Very good
209
Good
129
Fair
40
Bad
10
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
325
England❚SG17 5JR❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
88
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
395
White British
366
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Other
9
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
395
England
356
Scotland
3
Wales
5
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
4
Middle East
4
India
2
Pakistan
2
Philippines
6
USA
3
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
395
Christian
260
Jewish
2
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
109
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
207
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
23
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
287
England❚SG17 5JR❚
Full-Time employee
120
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
31
Unemployed
4
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
65
Rented - other social
29
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
198
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
34
Detached
64
Semi detached
50
Terraced
53
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
48
Two people
59
Three people
17
Four people
26
Five people
10
Six people
4

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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