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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
169
Population
608
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚SY12 9HH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
38
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
31
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
608
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
477
Single
203
Married
210
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
28
Widowed
26

Health

Population
608
Very good
325
Good
207
Fair
61
Bad
12
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
477
England❚SY12 9HH❚
Degree or above
63
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
112
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
61
Apprenticeship
130
Other qualifications
31
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
608
White British
506
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
45
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
20
Asian Other
16
Black African
3
Arab
3
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
608
England
408
Nortern Ireland
6
Scotland
9
Wales
73
Ireland
2
France
4
Germany
30
Spain
2
Poland
1
Romania
2
Ghana
1
Nigeria
3
Kenya
2
South Africa
3
Middle East
4
China
13
Hong Kong
4
India
1
Sri Lanka
1
USA
2
North America - Other
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
608
Christian
418
Buddhist
8
Hindu
4
Muslim
6
Sikh
2
No religion
130
Not stated
40

Industry

Population
225
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
16
Mining
2
Manufacturing
14
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
54
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
437
England❚SY12 9HH❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
54
Self employed
43
Unemployed
9
Retired
51
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
149
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
169
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
41
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
17

Housing Types

All categoies
179
Occupied
169
Unoccupied
10
Detached
111
Semi detached
29
Terraced
24
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
5
Caravan
5

Household Size

All categoies
169
One person
36
Two people
75
Three people
28
Four people
21
Five people
6
Six 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