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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
140
Population
242
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
124
England❚SG17 5UX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
242
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
79%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
29%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
211
Single
116
Married
48
Civil partnership
2
Separated
13
Divorced
24
Widowed
8

Health

Population
242
Very good
100
Good
97
Fair
35
Bad
8
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
211
England❚SG17 5UX❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
57
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
242
White British
197
White Irish
2
White Other
15
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
6
Asian Other
9
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
4

Country of Birth

Population
242
England
197
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Portugal
1
Poland
1
Romania
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
4
Middle East
2
India
4
Sri Lanka
4
Philippines
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
242
Christian
134
Buddhist
4
Hindu
4
Other
2
No religion
80
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
154
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
13
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚SG17 5UX❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
18
Unemployed
11
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
36
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
52
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
7
Detached
7
Semi detached
18
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
100
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
68
Two people
49
Three people
16
Four people
7

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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