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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
111
Population
210
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
55
England❚SP7 8HN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
210
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
48%
65 or over
41%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
4%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
34%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
187
Single
28
Married
113
Civil partnership
2
Separated
3
Divorced
18
Widowed
23

Health

Population
210
Very good
77
Good
86
Fair
35
Bad
9
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
187
England❚SP7 8HN❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
17
Apprenticeship
70
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
210
White British
203
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
210
England
185
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
1
France
2
Germany
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
China
1
India
3
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
3

Religion

Population
210
Christian
162
No religion
37
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
80
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
19
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
147
England❚SP7 8HN❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
28
Unemployed
1
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
111
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
124
Occupied
111
Unoccupied
13
Detached
65
Semi detached
24
Terraced
33
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
111
One person
39
Two people
52
Three people
15
Four people
3
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

SP7 0AG SP7 8HF SP7 8HE SP7 8HA

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