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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
114
Population
309
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚SG17 5SA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
56
Married
153
Separated
7
Divorced
17
Widowed
7

Health

Population
309
Very good
174
Good
104
Fair
23
Bad
6
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚SG17 5SA❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
92
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
285
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
7
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
280
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
10
Wales
4
Ireland
1
France
1
Romania
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
309
Christian
195
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
1
No religion
83
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
174
Manufacturing
14
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
22
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
227
England❚SG17 5SA❚
Full-Time employee
110
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
23
Unemployed
5
Retired
23
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
3
Detached
50
Semi detached
34
Terraced
33

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
21
Two people
33
Three people
25
Four people
30
Five people
3
Six people
2

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SG17 5LS SG17 5LT SG17 5GZ SG17 5QE SG17 5LR SG17 5LJ SG17 5LW SG17 5LN

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