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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
119
Population
219
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
England❚SP7 8NX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
219
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
47%
65 or over
46%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
3%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
35%
75 or over
27%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
204
Single
31
Married
124
Civil partnership
2
Divorced
15
Widowed
32

Health

Population
219
Very good
72
Good
94
Fair
43
Bad
6
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
204
England❚SP7 8NX❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
73
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
219
White British
214
White Other
4
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
219
England
198
Scotland
4
Wales
4
Germany
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
219
Christian
168
Jewish
1
No religion
32
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
83
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
19
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
144
England❚SP7 8NX❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
25
Unemployed
4
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
79
Owned with mortgage
30
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
9
Detached
101
Semi detached
19
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
42
Two people
59
Three people
13
Four people
5

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