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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
176
Population
353
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚SP7 8YN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
353
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
299
Single
97
Married
106
Civil partnership
2
Separated
7
Divorced
42
Widowed
45

Health

Population
353
Very good
161
Good
107
Fair
64
Bad
17
Very bad
42

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
299
England❚SP7 8YN❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
353
White British
330
White Irish
3
White Other
7
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
4
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
2
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
353
England
314
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
9
Wales
5
Ireland
2
Nigeria
2
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
5
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
USA
1
North America - Other
2

Religion

Population
353
Christian
222
Buddhist
1
No religion
95
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
163
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
20
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
240
England❚SP7 8YN❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
26
Unemployed
7
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
176
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
30
Shared ownership
6
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
61
Rented - private landlord
18
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
192
Occupied
176
Unoccupied
16
Detached
19
Semi detached
47
Terraced
43
Flat - purpose built
76
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
5

Household Size

All categoies
176
One person
88
Two people
39
Three people
26
Four people
13
Five people
8
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8EY SP7 8AB SP7 8EZ SP7 8JW SP7 8LY SP7 8JG SP7 8HY SP7 8JJ SP7 8JQ SP7 8JE SP7 8RB SP7 8AD SP7 8AA SP7 8EL SP7 8SJ SP7 8AP SP7 8AL SP7 8BP SP7 8AJ SP7 8AE SP7 8BL SP7 8AU SP7 8AH SP7 8AG SP7 8EW SP7 8AQ SP7 8QA SP7 8DF SP7 8HX SP7 8DQ SP7 8DJ SP7 8ER SP7 8HU SP7 8NE SP7 8PF SP7 8NY SP7 8DL SP7 8PH SP7 8PJ SP7 8PL SP7 8QN SP7 8PQ SP7 8PX SP7 8PP

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