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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
163
Population
396
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
135
England❚SP7 8FD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
44
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
42

Age Groups

Population
396
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
301
Single
97
Married
152
Civil partnership
1
Separated
10
Divorced
29
Widowed
12

Health

Population
396
Very good
198
Good
127
Fair
62
Bad
6
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
301
England❚SP7 8FD❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
23
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
396
White British
362
White Gypsy
3
White Other
28
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
396
England
359
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
4
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
13
Turkey
1
South Africa
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
396
Christian
227
Muslim
1
Other
4
No religion
131
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
209
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Mining
1
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
18
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
276
England❚SP7 8FD❚
Full-Time employee
122
Part-Time employee
54
Self employed
30
Unemployed
8
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
163
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
55
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
170
Occupied
163
Unoccupied
7
Detached
29
Semi detached
55
Terraced
67
Flat - purpose built
19

Household Size

All categoies
163
One person
45
Two people
56
Three people
28
Four people
21
Five people
10
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8PW SP7 8FA SP7 8FF SP7 8RA SP7 8RG SP7 8RD SP7 8RE SP7 8RL SP7 8QD SP7 8QF

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