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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 town and fringe
Households
132
Population
275
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚SG5 3LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
275
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
56
Married
120
Separated
8
Divorced
26
Widowed
10

Health

Population
275
Very good
148
Good
100
Fair
24
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚SG5 3LJ❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
97
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
275
White British
267
White Irish
3
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
275
England
253
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Middle East
1
India
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
275
Christian
190
No religion
75
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
156
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
20
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
204
England❚SG5 3LJ❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
27
Unemployed
6
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
62
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
1
Detached
48
Semi detached
16
Terraced
67
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
44
Two people
53
Three people
18
Four people
14
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

SG5 3HL SG5 3LT

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