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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
129
Population
314
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚SP7 8NF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
314
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
251
Single
90
Married
125
Separated
3
Divorced
14
Widowed
19

Health

Population
314
Very good
140
Good
121
Fair
43
Bad
7
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
251
England❚SP7 8NF❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
314
White British
302
White Other
7
Mixed Other
3
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
314
England
294
Wales
4
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
5
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
314
Christian
210
No religion
80
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
148
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
19
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚SP7 8NF❚
Full-Time employee
81
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
25
Unemployed
4
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
43
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
4
Detached
39
Semi detached
55
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
11

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
39
Two people
41
Three people
22
Four people
14
Five people
9
Six people
2
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

SP7 0NA SP7 8HS SP7 8HD SP7 8EU SP7 8EX SP7 8ET SP7 8NX SP7 8HT SP7 8NR SP7 8NT SP7 8NU SP7 8DH SP7 8GA SP7 8NW SP7 8NP

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