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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
116
Population
332
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚SG17 5UT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
332
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
64
Married
148
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
5

Health

Population
332
Very good
240
Good
64
Fair
26
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚SG17 5UT❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
79
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
332
White British
297
White Irish
2
White Other
14
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
8
Asian Other
4
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
332
England
297
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Germany
1
Kenya
2
India
3
Philippines
2
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3

Religion

Population
332
Christian
208
Hindu
3
Jewish
2
Muslim
7
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
85
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
192
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
21
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
235
England❚SG17 5UT❚
Full-Time employee
123
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
20
Unemployed
7
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
9
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
116
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
82
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
116
Occupied
116
Detached
78
Semi detached
33
Terraced
5

Household Size

All categoies
116
One person
20
Two people
38
Three people
12
Four people
34
Five people
8
Six people
4

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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