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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
164
Population
347
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
143
England❚SP7 8RD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
45
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
55

Age Groups

Population
347
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
279
Single
108
Married
127
Separated
6
Divorced
33
Widowed
5

Health

Population
347
Very good
169
Good
132
Fair
37
Bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
279
England❚SP7 8RD❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
64
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
59
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
46

Ethnicity

Population
347
White British
313
White Irish
1
White Other
25
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
3

Country of Birth

Population
347
England
299
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
4
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Poland
14
Turkey
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
China
2
Hong Kong
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
347
Christian
191
Buddhist
2
Muslim
4
No religion
106
Not stated
44

Industry

Population
217
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
28
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
16
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
10
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
264
England❚SP7 8RD❚
Full-Time employee
147
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
33
Unemployed
7
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
76
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
52
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
170
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
6
Detached
10
Semi detached
24
Terraced
98
Flat - purpose built
37
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
60
Two people
53
Three people
32
Four people
12
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8PW SP7 8RP SP7 8FD SP7 8RR SP7 8PZ SP7 8FB SP7 8FE SP7 8RA SP7 8RE 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