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Administrative Areas

Ward
The Meres
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
168
Population
460
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
122
England❚SY12 0JR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
460
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
346
Single
94
Married
208
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
22
Widowed
16

Health

Population
460
Very good
222
Good
168
Fair
50
Bad
15
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
346
England❚SY12 0JR❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
77
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
107
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
460
White British
453
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
4

Country of Birth

Population
460
England
408
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
7
Wales
32
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
460
Christian
374
No religion
57
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
204
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
16
Mining
2
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
30
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
314
England❚SY12 0JR❚
Full-Time employee
108
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
49
Unemployed
12
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
23
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
168
Owned outright
66
Owned with mortgage
57
Rented - other social
26
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
177
Occupied
168
Unoccupied
9
Detached
100
Semi detached
53
Terraced
23
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
168
One person
31
Two people
59
Three people
22
Four people
43
Five people
8
Six people
3
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

SY12 0LN SY12 0JQ SY12 0LH SY12 0HW SY12 0JF

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