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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
126
Population
286
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚SP7 8HA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
36
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
286
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
6%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
48
Married
131
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
29
Widowed
12

Health

Population
286
Very good
140
Good
110
Fair
32
Bad
3
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚SP7 8HA❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
Apprenticeship
117
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
286
White British
277
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
7

Country of Birth

Population
286
England
258
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Spain
2
China
1
Hong Kong
2
USA
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
286
Christian
173
Buddhist
4
Jewish
7
Other
3
No religion
61
Not stated
38

Industry

Population
143
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
13
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
21
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
202
England❚SP7 8HA❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
44
Unemployed
3
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
46
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
22
Detached
34
Semi detached
36
Terraced
74
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
39
Two people
48
Three people
15
Four people
18
Five people
2
Six people
4

Nearby postcodes

SP7 0AG SP7 8HL SP7 8HG SP7 8LF SP7 8LB SP7 8HN SP7 8HW SP7 8LA SP7 8HQ SP7 8HJ SP7 8HR SP7 8HP SP7 8HH

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