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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
93
Population
251
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚SP7 8ED❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
251
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
196
Single
62
Married
105
Separated
2
Divorced
20
Widowed
7

Health

Population
251
Very good
124
Good
86
Fair
32
Bad
7
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
196
England❚SP7 8ED❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
21
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
251
White British
244
White Irish
1
White Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
251
England
235
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Italy
1
Poland
4
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
251
Christian
160
No religion
73
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
135
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
9
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
184
England❚SP7 8ED❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
12
Unemployed
6
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
93
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
44
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
100
Occupied
93
Unoccupied
7
Detached
2
Semi detached
13
Terraced
73
Flat - purpose built
12

Household Size

All categoies
93
One person
19
Two people
34
Three people
8
Four people
24
Five people
4
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8DN SP7 8QJ SP7 8DW SP7 8PU SP7 8DS SP7 7BJ SP7 7BN SP7 0RR SP7 0WX SP7 7AH SP7 7AT SP7 7AZ SP7 7BA SP7 8BF SP7 8ST SP7 8ZT SP7 9WL SP7 8EB SP7 8EA SP7 8DY SP7 8DZ SP7 8FG SP7 8RJ SP7 8PN SP7 8PS SP7 8EE SP7 8DP SP7 8DX SP7 8DR SP7 8EH SP7 8RH 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