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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
134
Population
413
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
111
England❚SP7 8PW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
44

Age Groups

Population
413
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
291
Single
108
Married
131
Separated
7
Divorced
34
Widowed
11

Health

Population
413
Very good
220
Good
137
Fair
42
Bad
9
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
291
England❚SP7 8PW❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
68
Apprenticeship
23
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
413
White British
392
White Irish
1
White Other
16
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
413
England
382
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
9
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
12
India
1

Religion

Population
413
Christian
262
Buddhist
4
Hindu
1
Other
3
No religion
127
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
202
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
20
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
280
England❚SP7 8PW❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
56
Self employed
21
Unemployed
18
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
49
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
5
Detached
5
Semi detached
50
Terraced
83
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
23
Two people
33
Three people
31
Four people
22
Five people
12
Six people
9
Seven people
3
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8RP SP7 8FD SP7 8RR SP7 8PZ SP7 8FB SP7 8FE SP7 8FA SP7 8FF SP7 8RA SP7 8RG SP7 8RD SP7 8RE SP7 8RL SP7 8QD SP7 8QF

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