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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
126
Population
299
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
86
England❚SY3 8SQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
39
Married
155
Separated
4
Divorced
17
Widowed
19

Health

Population
299
Very good
178
Good
79
Fair
35
Bad
5
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
England❚SY3 8SQ❚
Degree or above
24
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
130
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
280
White Irish
2
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
244
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
14
Wales
17
Ireland
1
Germany
3
South Africa
2
Hong Kong
2
India
3
North America - Other
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
299
Christian
196
Buddhist
1
Hindu
5
No religion
74
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
144
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
23
Human health and social work
38

Economic Activity

Population
201
England❚SY3 8SQ❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
19
Unemployed
3
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
11
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
64
Owned with mortgage
49
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
1
Detached
42
Semi detached
78
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
31
Two people
50
Three people
20
Four people
17
Five people
8

Nearby postcodes

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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