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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
127
Population
287
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
80
England❚SY4 5BX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
287
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
58
Married
114
Separated
5
Divorced
32
Widowed
24

Health

Population
287
Very good
109
Good
106
Fair
54
Bad
15
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚SY4 5BX❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
25
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
84

Ethnicity

Population
287
White British
275
White Irish
2
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
287
England
265
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
7
Ireland
2
France
1
Germany
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Philippines
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
287
Christian
216
No religion
51
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
115
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
15
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
9
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚SY4 5BX❚
Full-Time employee
65
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
13
Unemployed
8
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
41
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
5
Detached
12
Semi detached
80
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
39
Two people
49
Three people
16
Four people
17
Five people
2
Six people
4

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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