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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
123
Population
242
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
57
England❚SP7 8AJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
242
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
49%
65 or over
43%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
31%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
222
Single
63
Married
74
Civil partnership
4
Separated
11
Divorced
24
Widowed
46

Health

Population
242
Very good
96
Good
69
Fair
43
Bad
28
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
222
England❚SP7 8AJ❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
78
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
242
White British
227
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
242
England
213
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
3
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Poland
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
Philippines
4
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
242
Christian
119
Other
4
No religion
70
Not stated
49

Industry

Population
97
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
12
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
148
England❚SP7 8AJ❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
28
Unemployed
9
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
24
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
35
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
19
Detached
23
Semi detached
31
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
42
Flat - converted
12
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
64
Two people
39
Three people
11
Four people
7
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8EY SP7 8AB SP7 8EZ SP7 8JW SP7 8LY SP7 8JG SP7 8HY SP7 8JJ SP7 8JQ SP7 8JE SP7 8RB SP7 8AD SP7 8AA SP7 8EL SP7 8PE SP7 8EJ SP7 8PY SP7 8PD SP7 8SJ SP7 8GY SP7 8AP SP7 8AL SP7 8BP SP7 8BL SP7 8AH SP7 8QA SP7 8HX SP7 8DQ SP7 8DJ SP7 8ER SP7 8EP SP7 8LZ SP7 8ND SP7 8HU SP7 8PB SP7 8FJ SP7 8NE SP7 8PF SP7 8NY SP7 8DL SP7 8PH SP7 8PJ SP7 8PL SP7 8QN SP7 8PQ SP7 8PX SP7 8PP

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