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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
319
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚SP7 8RA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
80
Married
139
Separated
6
Divorced
29
Widowed
11

Health

Population
319
Very good
157
Good
109
Fair
38
Bad
13
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
England❚SP7 8RA❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
34
Other qualifications
25
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
288
White Irish
1
White Other
23
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
276
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
20
Turkey
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
Philippines
6
USA
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
232
Buddhist
3
Jewish
1
No religion
68
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
194
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Manufacturing
16
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
13
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
17
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
252
England❚SP7 8RA❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
34
Unemployed
7
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
63
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
8
Detached
9
Semi detached
22
Terraced
106
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
31
Two people
45
Three people
26
Four people
20
Five people
8

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8PW SP7 8RP SP7 8FD SP7 8RR SP7 8PZ SP7 8FB SP7 8FE SP7 8FA SP7 8FF 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