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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 village
Households
113
Population
362
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚SG17 9SU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
362
Under 16
39%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
27%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
32%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
2%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
222
Single
63
Married
126
Separated
21
Divorced
11
Widowed
1

Health

Population
362
Very good
241
Good
100
Fair
13
Bad
5
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
222
England❚SG17 9SU❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
72
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
11

Ethnicity

Population
362
White British
336
White Irish
1
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
6
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
362
England
319
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
7
Ireland
1
Germany
12
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
362
Christian
202
Hindu
1
No religion
143
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
188
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
25
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
221
England❚SG17 9SU❚
Full-Time employee
126
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
21
Unemployed
5
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
113
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
70
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
113
Unoccupied
4
Detached
7
Semi detached
30
Terraced
80

Household Size

All categoies
113
One person
11
Two people
24
Three people
28
Four people
34
Five people
13
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

SG17 5PG

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