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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
154
Population
426
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
126
England❚SY11 1RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
51
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
426
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
332
Single
158
Married
114
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
36
Widowed
16

Health

Population
426
Very good
236
Good
141
Fair
38
Bad
8
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
332
England❚SY11 1RJ❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
64
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
57
Apprenticeship
108
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
426
White British
335
White Irish
2
White Other
25
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
6
Mixed Asian
7
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
37
Asian Other
3
Black African
7

Country of Birth

Population
426
England
275
Nortern Ireland
6
Scotland
9
Wales
44
Ireland
1
France
2
Germany
1
Italy
1
Spain
2
Poland
4
Nigeria
10
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
China
17
Hong Kong
18
Bangladesh
1
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
426
Christian
237
Buddhist
7
Muslim
4
Other
1
No religion
148
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
201
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
28
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
311
England❚SY11 1RJ❚
Full-Time employee
125
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
25
Unemployed
8
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
68
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
154
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
44
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
160
Occupied
154
Unoccupied
6
Detached
25
Semi detached
42
Terraced
79
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
7

Household Size

All categoies
154
One person
62
Two people
43
Three people
24
Four people
18
Five people
6
Six people
1

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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