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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
130
Population
325
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
89
England❚SP7 8NZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
325
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
75
Married
134
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
31
Widowed
20

Health

Population
325
Very good
136
Good
136
Fair
32
Bad
17
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚SP7 8NZ❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
325
White British
310
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
325
England
293
Scotland
1
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
5
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
India
6
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
325
Christian
248
No religion
61
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
155
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
25
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
16
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
243
England❚SP7 8NZ❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
24
Unemployed
10
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
26
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
1
Detached
38
Semi detached
52
Terraced
28
Flat - purpose built
13

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
26
Two people
57
Three people
19
Four people
19
Five people
8
Six people
1

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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