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Administrative Areas

Ward
Silsoe and Shillington
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
167
Population
395
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚SG5 3HF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
395
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
336
Single
78
Married
200
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
26

Health

Population
395
Very good
212
Good
136
Fair
40
Bad
4
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
336
England❚SG5 3HF❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
115
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
395
White British
376
White Irish
5
White Gypsy
5
White Other
4
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
3
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
395
England
363
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
9
Wales
3
Ireland
6
Germany
1
Poland
1
Nigeria
1
India
1
Central America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
395
Christian
282
Jewish
2
Sikh
2
No religion
85
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
208
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
17
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
295
England❚SG5 3HF❚
Full-Time employee
119
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
49
Unemployed
8
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
167
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
59
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
174
Occupied
167
Unoccupied
7
Detached
91
Semi detached
57
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
167
One person
44
Two people
66
Three people
26
Four people
16
Five people
14
Six people
1

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