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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
128
Population
355
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
103
England❚SG17 5SD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
39
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
44
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
355
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
22%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
57
Married
177
Separated
7
Divorced
14
Widowed
10

Health

Population
355
Very good
195
Good
122
Fair
29
Bad
8
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
England❚SG17 5SD❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
49
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
92
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
355
White British
340
White Irish
4
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
355
England
322
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Italy
1
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
4
USA
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
355
Christian
234
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
102
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
188
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
17
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
27
Education
23
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
256
England❚SG17 5SD❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
24
Unemployed
7
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
78
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
1
Detached
94
Semi detached
19
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
27
Two people
29
Three people
28
Four people
35
Five people
8
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