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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
119
Population
252
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚SY2 5HQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
252
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
203
Single
92
Married
68
Separated
7
Divorced
29
Widowed
7

Health

Population
252
Very good
131
Good
94
Fair
18
Bad
8
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
203
England❚SY2 5HQ❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
74
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
252
White British
231
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
8
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
252
England
216
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
2
Wales
12
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Italy
1
Spain
2
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
6

Religion

Population
252
Christian
136
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
8
No religion
86
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
149
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
19
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
198
England❚SY2 5HQ❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
17
Unemployed
6
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
29
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
10
Detached
13
Semi detached
48
Terraced
54
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
46
Two people
37
Three people
19
Four people
13
Five people
3
Eight or over
1

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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