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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
137
Population
327
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚SY12 0LN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
327
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
276
Single
64
Married
171
Separated
3
Divorced
19
Widowed
19

Health

Population
327
Very good
159
Good
100
Fair
50
Bad
12
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
276
England❚SY12 0LN❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
87
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
327
White British
319
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
327
England
293
Scotland
3
Wales
25
Ireland
1
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
327
Christian
244
No religion
57
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
172
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
22
Mining
2
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
31
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
251
England❚SY12 0LN❚
Full-Time employee
84
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
40
Unemployed
8
Retired
49
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
54
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
13
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
6
Detached
71
Semi detached
55
Terraced
14
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
32
Two people
53
Three people
24
Four people
23
Five people
5

Nearby postcodes

SY12 0JE SY12 0QU SY12 0JN SY12 0JW SY12 0LL SY12 0JP SY12 0NZ SY12 0JR SY12 0JS SY12 0HE SY12 0JT

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