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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
161
Population
288
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚SP7 8JG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
288
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
94
Married
88
Separated
13
Divorced
28
Widowed
26

Health

Population
288
Very good
138
Good
99
Fair
46
Bad
3
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚SP7 8JG❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
55
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
288
White British
229
White Gypsy
4
White Other
25
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
7
Asian Other
18
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
288
England
220
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
7
Germany
7
Italy
1
Poland
10
Romania
4
Turkey
2
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
3
India
2
Philippines
18
USA
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
288
Christian
164
Buddhist
1
Muslim
2
Other
5
No religion
65
Not stated
51

Industry

Population
157
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
23
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
21
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
11
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
214
England❚SP7 8JG❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
37
Unemployed
8
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
161
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
18
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
36
Rented - private landlord
58
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
195
Occupied
161
Unoccupied
34
Detached
24
Semi detached
14
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
56
Flat - converted
33
Flat - in commerical building
44

Household Size

All categoies
161
One person
90
Two people
39
Three people
15
Four people
13
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8EY SP7 8AB SP7 8EZ SP7 8JW SP7 8LY SP7 8EL SP7 8PE SP7 8EJ SP7 8PY SP7 8PD SP7 8SJ SP7 8GY SP7 8AJ SP7 8AE SP7 8AU SP7 8AG SP7 8EW SP7 8AQ SP7 8DF SP7 8HX SP7 8DQ SP7 8DJ SP7 8ER SP7 8EP SP7 8LZ SP7 8ND SP7 8HU SP7 8PB SP7 8FJ SP7 8NE SP7 8PF SP7 8NY SP7 8DL SP7 8PH SP7 8PJ SP7 8PL SP7 8QN SP7 8PQ SP7 8PX SP7 8PP

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