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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
278
Males
41%
Females
59%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚SY4 5BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
38%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
28%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
66
Married
105
Civil partnership
4
Separated
4
Divorced
27
Widowed
53

Health

Population
278
Very good
91
Good
84
Fair
73
Bad
23
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚SY4 5BL❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
108

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
271
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
265
Scotland
3
Wales
7
Poland
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
213
Buddhist
1
Muslim
3
No religion
45
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
111
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
14
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
181
England❚SY4 5BL❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
15
Unemployed
8
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
70
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
9
Detached
49
Semi detached
59
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
49
Two people
50
Three people
11
Four people
14
Five people
2

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