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Administrative Areas

Ward
Oswestry West
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
135
Population
288
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚SY11 1DY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
42

Age Groups

Population
288
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
219
Single
101
Married
66
Separated
10
Divorced
32
Widowed
10

Health

Population
288
Very good
136
Good
100
Fair
42
Bad
8
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
219
England❚SY11 1DY❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
288
White British
234
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
45
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
288
England
198
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
33
Ireland
2
Germany
8
Poland
14
Turkey
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
China
1
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
288
Christian
178
Buddhist
4
Hindu
2
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
85
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
132
Mining
1
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
5
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
207
England❚SY11 1DY❚
Full-Time employee
83
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
18
Unemployed
19
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
35
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
49
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
7
Detached
10
Semi detached
29
Terraced
42
Flat - purpose built
42
Flat - converted
11
Flat - in commerical building
8

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
61
Two people
36
Three people
18
Four people
9
Five people
4
Six people
4
Seven people
3

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