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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
132
Population
280
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚SP7 8LQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
280
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
248
Single
75
Married
127
Separated
2
Divorced
25
Widowed
19

Health

Population
280
Very good
110
Good
123
Fair
38
Bad
7
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
248
England❚SP7 8LQ❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
89
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
280
White British
268
White Irish
3
White Other
9

Country of Birth

Population
280
England
261
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Poland
3

Religion

Population
280
Christian
178
Other
3
No religion
65
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
13
Construction
30
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
23
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
216
England❚SP7 8LQ❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
46
Unemployed
8
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
132
Owned outright
71
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
132
Unoccupied
10
Detached
60
Semi detached
42
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
132
One person
37
Two people
61
Three people
21
Four people
7
Five people
6

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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