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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
115
Population
247
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚SP7 9QS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
247
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
196
Single
59
Married
93
Separated
4
Divorced
24
Widowed
16

Health

Population
247
Very good
107
Good
87
Fair
45
Bad
7
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
196
England❚SP7 9QS❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
247
White British
239
White Other
8

Country of Birth

Population
247
England
219
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
2
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
6
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
India
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
247
Christian
180
Jewish
2
No religion
53
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
96
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
13
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
170
England❚SP7 9QS❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
9
Unemployed
6
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
115
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
36
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
115
Occupied
115
Detached
59
Semi detached
8
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
36

Household Size

All categoies
115
One person
38
Two people
47
Three people
13
Four people
11
Five people
4
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

SP7 9HB SP7 9HA SP7 9LB SP7 9QJ 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