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Administrative Areas

Ward
Abbey
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
214
Population
509
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
178
England❚SY2 5AH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
56
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
62
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
509
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
432
Single
178
Married
161
Civil partnership
3
Separated
6
Divorced
55
Widowed
29

Health

Population
509
Very good
283
Good
147
Fair
60
Bad
14
Very bad
55

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
432
England❚SY2 5AH❚
Degree or above
65
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
78
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
167
Other qualifications
24
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
509
White British
450
White Irish
4
White Other
22
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
6
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
509
England
437
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
22
Ireland
3
Germany
3
Italy
2
Portugal
2
Poland
2
Romania
4
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
China
3
India
1
Pakistan
2
Philippines
3
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
509
Christian
263
Buddhist
8
Hindu
2
Muslim
7
Sikh
2
Other
3
No religion
181
Not stated
43

Industry

Population
310
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
42
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
31
Information and communication
19
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
29
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
29
Education
37
Human health and social work
41

Economic Activity

Population
390
England❚SY2 5AH❚
Full-Time employee
198
Part-Time employee
62
Self employed
37
Unemployed
7
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
214
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
68
Shared ownership
17
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
52
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
222
Occupied
214
Unoccupied
8
Detached
15
Semi detached
50
Terraced
77
Flat - purpose built
63
Flat - converted
13
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
214
One person
74
Two people
67
Three people
38
Four people
24
Five people
7
Six people
4

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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