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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
202
Population
491
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
117
England❚SY11 1RZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
39
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
491
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
391
Single
68
Married
264
Separated
6
Divorced
34
Widowed
19

Health

Population
491
Very good
252
Good
166
Fair
62
Bad
10
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
391
England❚SY11 1RZ❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
72
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
140
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
491
White British
473
White Irish
3
White Other
6
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Other
2
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
491
England
392
Scotland
8
Wales
73
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Spain
1
Turkey
3
Philippines
3
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
491
Christian
365
Buddhist
1
Muslim
3
No religion
82
Not stated
40

Industry

Population
204
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
18
Education
27
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
333
England❚SY11 1RZ❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
55
Self employed
35
Unemployed
9
Retired
92
Looking after home/family
14
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
202
Owned outright
113
Owned with mortgage
63
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
204
Occupied
202
Unoccupied
2
Detached
166
Semi detached
14
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
202
One person
47
Two people
88
Three people
25
Four people
28
Five people
8
Six people
3
Seven people
1
Eight or over
2

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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