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Administrative Areas

Ward
Shaftesbury Town
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
126
Population
270
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚SP7 7BH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
270
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
74
Married
99
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
26
Widowed
16

Health

Population
270
Very good
119
Good
96
Fair
42
Bad
11
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚SP7 7BH❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
270
White British
260
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
4
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
270
England
241
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
8
Wales
5
France
1
Poland
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
4
Philippines
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
270
Christian
182
Muslim
2
Other
1
No religion
64
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
132
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
13
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
190
England❚SP7 7BH❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
13
Unemployed
5
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
35
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
5
Detached
17
Semi detached
36
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
44
Two people
49
Three people
14
Four people
11
Five people
8

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SP7 8DN SP7 8QJ SP7 8DW SP7 8DS SP7 8EA SP7 8DZ SP7 8ED SP7 8EF SP7 8RJ SP7 8PN SP7 8EQ SP7 8PS SP7 8EE SP7 8DP SP7 8DX SP7 8DR SP7 8EG SP7 8EH SP7 8RH SP7 8RW SP7 8RF SP7 8DU SP7 8DE SP7 9JZ SP7 9JY

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