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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
227
Population
547
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
207
England❚SG17 5LG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
39
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
83
C2 Skilled manual workers
46
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
39

Age Groups

Population
547
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
29%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
410
Single
174
Married
175
Separated
10
Divorced
40
Widowed
11

Health

Population
547
Very good
323
Good
176
Fair
33
Bad
11
Very bad
40

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
410
England❚SG17 5LG❚
Degree or above
82
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
77
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
57
Apprenticeship
99
Other qualifications
23
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
547
White British
501
White Irish
2
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
3
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
3
Black Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
547
England
489
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
19
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
2
Romania
1
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
3
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Pakistan
3
Philippines
2
USA
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
547
Christian
295
Muslim
3
Sikh
6
No religion
208
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
320
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
26
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
45
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
56
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
28
Education
33
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
399
England❚SG17 5LG❚
Full-Time employee
207
Part-Time employee
57
Self employed
46
Unemployed
24
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
22
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
227
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
84
Shared ownership
21
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
78
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
240
Occupied
227
Unoccupied
13
Detached
62
Semi detached
34
Terraced
63
Flat - purpose built
80
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
227
One person
60
Two people
80
Three people
40
Four people
34
Five people
7
Six people
6

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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