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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 town and fringe
Households
150
Population
440
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚SG17 5LQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
51
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
440
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
373
Single
75
Married
225
Separated
9
Divorced
16
Widowed
48

Health

Population
440
Very good
225
Good
118
Fair
54
Bad
23
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
373
England❚SG17 5LQ❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
Apprenticeship
121
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
77

Ethnicity

Population
440
White British
414
White Irish
11
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
440
England
397
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
6
Ireland
10
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
440
Christian
316
Muslim
1
No religion
97
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
223
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
21
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
30
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
300
England❚SG17 5LQ❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
41
Unemployed
7
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
150
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
75
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
153
Occupied
150
Unoccupied
3
Detached
97
Semi detached
43
Terraced
10
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
150
One person
31
Two people
53
Three people
25
Four people
30
Five people
10
Six people
1

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