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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
127
Population
297
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚SG5 3PN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
297
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
229
Single
70
Married
87
Separated
11
Divorced
37
Widowed
24

Health

Population
297
Very good
141
Good
96
Fair
39
Bad
17
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
229
England❚SG5 3PN❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
24
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
83

Ethnicity

Population
297
White British
273
White Irish
3
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
8
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
297
England
277
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
3
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Portugal
1
South Africa
2

Religion

Population
297
Christian
163
Hindu
4
Jewish
1
No religion
111
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
134
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
5
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
202
England❚SG5 3PN❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
23
Unemployed
11
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
71
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
3
Detached
4
Semi detached
98
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
12

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
47
Two people
36
Three people
17
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six people
5
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

SG5 3LH SG5 3LQ SG5 3NE SG5 3LP SG5 3LW SG5 3LL SG5 3LE SG5 3LN SG5 3NP SG5 3PG SG5 3HD

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