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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
170
Population
408
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
142
England❚SP7 8FN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
408
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
306
Single
91
Married
169
Separated
9
Divorced
30
Widowed
7

Health

Population
408
Very good
232
Good
150
Fair
19
Bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
306
England❚SP7 8FN❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
73
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
Apprenticeship
94
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
408
White British
382
White Irish
1
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
408
England
382
Scotland
4
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Spain
2
Lithuania
1
Poland
2
Nigeria
4
Zimbabwe
1
Bangladesh
2
India
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
408
Christian
244
Muslim
3
Other
1
No religion
127
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
222
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
32
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
38
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
22
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
285
England❚SP7 8FN❚
Full-Time employee
135
Part-Time employee
50
Self employed
34
Unemployed
8
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
170
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
78
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
28
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
179
Occupied
170
Unoccupied
9
Detached
61
Semi detached
53
Terraced
51
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
170
One person
47
Two people
51
Three people
38
Four people
28
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8NG SP7 8RT SP7 8RY SP7 8GP SP7 8GQ SP7 8PG SP7 8GR SP7 8PT SP7 8EN SP7 8RX SP7 8PR SP7 8SR SP7 8GH SP7 8GB SP7 8GJ SP7 8GS SP7 8QG

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