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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
186
Population
521
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
124
England❚SP7 8GS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
521
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
396
Single
101
Married
226
Separated
6
Divorced
18
Widowed
45

Health

Population
521
Very good
267
Good
183
Fair
50
Bad
19
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
396
England❚SP7 8GS❚
Degree or above
57
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
63
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
116
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
71

Ethnicity

Population
521
White British
500
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
4
White Other
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
6
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
521
England
488
Scotland
2
Wales
7
Ireland
1
Germany
6
Italy
1
Poland
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
China
1
India
1

Religion

Population
521
Christian
360
Buddhist
4
Hindu
4
Muslim
2
Other
1
No religion
121
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
227
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
46
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
36
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
323
England❚SP7 8GS❚
Full-Time employee
135
Part-Time employee
57
Self employed
30
Unemployed
10
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
19
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
186
Owned outright
80
Owned with mortgage
53
Shared ownership
5
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
26
Rented - private landlord
15
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
215
Occupied
186
Unoccupied
29
Detached
144
Semi detached
22
Terraced
42
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
186
One person
32
Two people
71
Three people
34
Four people
32
Five people
11
Six people
1
Seven people
5

Nearby postcodes

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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