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Administrative Areas

Ward
Porthill
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
147
Population
255
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚SY1 9SX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
255
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
77%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
231
Single
124
Married
60
Separated
11
Divorced
25
Widowed
11

Health

Population
255
Very good
112
Good
97
Fair
32
Bad
9
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
231
England❚SY1 9SX❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
255
White British
222
White Irish
3
White Other
25
Mixed Asian
1
Black African
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
255
England
213
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
8
Ireland
2
Italy
1
Spain
3
Poland
5
Romania
7
South Africa
3
Middle East
1
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
255
Christian
149
Other
2
No religion
88
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
146
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
21
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
15
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
218
England❚SY1 9SX❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
23
Unemployed
13
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
147
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
37
Rented - private landlord
72
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
159
Occupied
147
Unoccupied
12
Semi detached
6
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
73
Flat - converted
14
Flat - in commerical building
28

Household Size

All categoies
147
One person
79
Two people
47
Three people
10
Four people
7
Five people
1
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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