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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
147
Population
675
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
145
England❚SG17 5NZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
25
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
104
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
675
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
33%
30 - 44
35%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
1%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
515
Single
220
Married
266
Civil partnership
2
Separated
13
Divorced
12
Widowed
2

Health

Population
675
Very good
517
Good
135
Fair
19
Bad
3
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
515
England❚SG17 5NZ❚
Degree or above
116
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
109
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
62
Apprenticeship
182
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
675
White British
607
White Irish
4
White Other
22
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
12
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
4
Arab
3

Country of Birth

Population
675
England
514
Nortern Ireland
21
Scotland
25
Wales
24
Ireland
2
France
2
Germany
28
Spain
2
Poland
2
South Africa
5
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
2
India
2
Sri Lanka
5
USA
1
Carribean
5
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
675
Christian
389
Buddhist
4
Hindu
5
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Other
4
No religion
204
Not stated
67

Industry

Population
444
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
322
Education
12
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
514
England❚SG17 5NZ❚
Full-Time employee
369
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
18
Unemployed
9
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
26
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
30
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
147
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
111

Housing Types

All categoies
194
Occupied
147
Unoccupied
47
Detached
22
Semi detached
37
Terraced
133
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
147
One person
2
Two people
46
Three people
40
Four people
40
Five people
12
Six people
7

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