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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
118
Population
230
Males
38%
Females
62%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
56
England❚SP7 8AX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
230
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
42%
65 or over
50%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
37%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
211
Single
48
Married
77
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
18
Widowed
56

Health

Population
230
Very good
76
Good
74
Fair
64
Bad
10
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
211
England❚SP7 8AX❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
Apprenticeship
69
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
230
White British
211
White Irish
4
White Other
14
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
230
England
190
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
7
Ireland
5
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
5
Romania
2
India
2
Sri Lanka
2
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
230
Christian
146
Other
1
No religion
63
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
72
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
4
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
10
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
127
England❚SP7 8AX❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
20
Unemployed
4
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
118
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
23
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
118
Unoccupied
16
Detached
32
Semi detached
28
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
32
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
118
One person
65
Two people
36
Three people
10
Four people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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