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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 village
Households
134
Population
324
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
96
England❚SG5 3PA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
31
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
324
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
264
Single
74
Married
133
Separated
11
Divorced
29
Widowed
17

Health

Population
324
Very good
152
Good
120
Fair
43
Bad
4
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
264
England❚SG5 3PA❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
48

Ethnicity

Population
324
White British
304
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
6
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
324
England
299
Scotland
5
Wales
4
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Poland
2
Nigeria
1
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
324
Christian
205
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
84
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
168
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
17
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
232
England❚SG5 3PA❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
35
Unemployed
6
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
53
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
25
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
3
Detached
56
Semi detached
48
Terraced
29
Flat - purpose built
3
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
33
Two people
52
Three people
18
Four people
23
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SG5 3NY

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