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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
236
Population
598
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
187
England❚SG17 5ZP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
56
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
63
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
598
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
444
Single
113
Married
246
Separated
8
Divorced
52
Widowed
25

Health

Population
598
Very good
320
Good
194
Fair
61
Bad
18
Very bad
52

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
444
England❚SG17 5ZP❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
21
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
94
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
70
Apprenticeship
131
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
72

Ethnicity

Population
598
White British
564
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
4
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
598
England
557
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
8
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
4
Italy
1
South Africa
2
Hong Kong
2
Philippines
2
USA
2

Religion

Population
598
Christian
332
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Muslim
4
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
199
Not stated
59

Industry

Population
309
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
31
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
54
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
13
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
26
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
25
Education
38
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
407
England❚SG17 5ZP❚
Full-Time employee
199
Part-Time employee
69
Self employed
33
Unemployed
9
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
23
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
236
Owned outright
67
Owned with mortgage
111
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
34
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
241
Occupied
236
Unoccupied
5
Detached
77
Semi detached
100
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
236
One person
53
Two people
79
Three people
43
Four people
49
Five people
10
Six people
2

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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