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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
135
Population
284
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
England❚SP7 8JZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
284
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
34%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
242
Single
49
Married
133
Separated
9
Divorced
14
Widowed
37

Health

Population
284
Very good
123
Good
109
Fair
36
Bad
14
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
242
England❚SP7 8JZ❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
284
White British
270
White Other
10
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
284
England
245
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
3
Wales
7
Ireland
1
Germany
4
Poland
5
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
China
1
India
1

Religion

Population
284
Christian
204
Buddhist
3
Other
1
No religion
60
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
129
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
16
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
184
England❚SP7 8JZ❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
21
Unemployed
4
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
13
Detached
65
Semi detached
42
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
12
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
49
Two people
46
Three people
24
Four people
11
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8LD SP7 8LG SP7 8GG SP7 8BA SP7 8LE SP7 8NB SP7 8LQ SP7 8LL SP7 8LN SP7 8LJ SP7 8LH SP7 8LT SP7 8LS SP7 8BE SP7 8AZ SP7 8BG SP7 8BH SP7 8BQ SP7 8BD SP7 8AX SP7 8BN SP7 8BJ SP7 8JR SP7 8HB SP7 8BB SP7 8BW SP7 8AT SP7 8NA SP7 8JT SP7 8JF SP7 8ES SP7 8JS SP7 8JP SP7 8JD SP7 8JA SP7 8AY SP7 8HZ SP7 8JY SP7 8JX SP7 8JU SP7 8AR SP7 8AW

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