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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
122
Population
278
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚SG17 5RZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
210
Single
77
Married
96
Separated
9
Divorced
23
Widowed
5

Health

Population
278
Very good
143
Good
109
Fair
21
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
210
England❚SG17 5RZ❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
260
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
1
Black Other
4
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
263
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Italy
1
Nigeria
1
Philippines
1
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
147
Muslim
1
No religion
121
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
167
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
22
Education
18
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚SG17 5RZ❚
Full-Time employee
125
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
11
Unemployed
4
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
68
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
21

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
5
Detached
31
Semi detached
19
Terraced
58
Flat - purpose built
19

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
42
Two people
34
Three people
23
Four people
17
Five people
5
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