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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
103
Population
229
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
England❚SP7 8DH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
229
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
31%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
21%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
205
Single
100
Married
56
Separated
5
Divorced
25
Widowed
19

Health

Population
229
Very good
88
Good
89
Fair
40
Bad
10
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
205
England❚SP7 8DH❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
47
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
229
White British
169
White Gypsy
3
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
28
Black African
11
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
229
England
167
Scotland
4
Germany
3
Italy
3
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Nigeria
5
Kenya
4
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
29
India
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
229
Christian
159
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Other
3
No religion
51
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
66
Manufacturing
4
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
12
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
157
England❚SP7 8DH❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
11
Unemployed
4
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
62
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
103
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
43
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
115
Occupied
103
Unoccupied
12
Detached
20
Semi detached
16
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
48
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
103
One person
67
Two people
27
Three people
7
Four people
1
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

SP7 0NA SP7 8HS SP7 8HD SP7 8EU SP7 8EX SP7 8ET SP7 8NX SP7 8HT SP7 8NR SP7 8NT SP7 8NF SP7 8NL SP7 8NJ SP7 8NH

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