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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wem
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
126
Population
293
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚SY4 5AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
293
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
252
Single
57
Married
151
Separated
5
Divorced
17
Widowed
22

Health

Population
293
Very good
129
Good
114
Fair
39
Bad
9
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
252
England❚SY4 5AR❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
54

Ethnicity

Population
293
White British
284
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
1
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
293
England
268
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
10
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Spain
1
Romania
1
Middle East
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
293
Christian
227
Muslim
2
No religion
45
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
149
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
23
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
21
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
226
England❚SY4 5AR❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
19
Unemployed
7
Retired
50
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
129
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
3
Detached
65
Semi detached
45
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
7

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
34
Two people
55
Three people
15
Four people
13
Five people
7
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5TT SY4 5TY SY4 5UA SY4 5TZ SY4 5UR SY4 5UU SY4 5UW SY4 5GH SY4 5YZ SY4 5DT SY4 5DP SY4 5LZ SY4 5EA SY4 5DW SY4 5DJ SY4 5DG SY4 5EB SY4 5DZ SY4 5JX SY4 5DX SY4 5DN SY4 5UB SY4 5YN SY4 5DQ

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