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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
96
Population
220
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
64
England❚SP7 9HB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
220
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
182
Single
29
Married
122
Civil partnership
1
Separated
2
Divorced
10
Widowed
18

Health

Population
220
Very good
94
Good
83
Fair
33
Bad
9
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
182
England❚SP7 9HB❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
220
White British
216
White Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
220
England
203
Scotland
3
Wales
6
Germany
1
Poland
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
220
Christian
168
No religion
32
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
114
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
15
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
161
England❚SP7 9HB❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
28
Unemployed
1
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
6
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
96
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
99
Occupied
96
Unoccupied
3
Detached
72
Semi detached
15
Terraced
11
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
96
One person
25
Two people
43
Three people
10
Four people
12
Five people
5
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SP7 8DT SP7 8TJ SP7 9HD SP7 9QD SP7 9BT

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