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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
138
Population
283
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
115
England❚SY3 8QE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
57
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
283
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
230
Single
76
Married
102
Separated
7
Divorced
30
Widowed
15

Health

Population
283
Very good
158
Good
88
Fair
29
Bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
230
England❚SY3 8QE❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
106
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
283
White British
258
White Irish
1
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
3
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
283
England
250
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
10
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Romania
3
Kenya
2
Hong Kong
1
USA
2
North America - Other
2
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
283
Christian
159
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
97
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
157
Manufacturing
10
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
24
Human health and social work
34

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚SY3 8QE❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
23
Unemployed
9
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
138
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
47
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
146
Occupied
138
Unoccupied
8
Detached
11
Semi detached
43
Terraced
77
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
138
One person
55
Two people
46
Three people
17
Four people
16
Five people
3
Six people
1

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