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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 8BA❚
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 8BA❚
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 8BA❚
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

SP7 8LD SP7 8LG SP7 8GG SP7 8LE SP7 8NB SP7 8LQ SP7 8LL SP7 8LN SP7 8LJ SP7 8LH SP7 8LP SP7 8LT SP7 8LS SP7 8LR SP7 8QW SP7 8LW SP7 8FH SP7 8HB SP7 8AT SP7 8NA SP7 8JF SP7 8ES SP7 8JD SP7 8JA SP7 8AY SP7 8HZ SP7 8JY SP7 8JX SP7 8JU SP7 8AR SP7 8LX SP7 8LU SP7 8JZ SP7 8PA SP7 8GZ SP7 8AW SP7 8QH

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