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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
140
Population
277
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚SY4 5DB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
51

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
222
Single
98
Married
71
Separated
10
Divorced
32
Widowed
11

Health

Population
277
Very good
120
Good
100
Fair
32
Bad
17
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
222
England❚SY4 5DB❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
243
White Other
21
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
3
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
246
Scotland
4
Wales
3
France
1
Germany
2
Poland
14
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
277
Christian
155
No religion
91
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
133
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
8
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚SY4 5DB❚
Full-Time employee
81
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
21
Unemployed
16
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
38
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
40
Rented - other private
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
157
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
17
Detached
30
Semi detached
44
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
23
Flat - converted
12
Flat - in commerical building
17

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
60
Two people
46
Three people
18
Four people
9
Five people
7

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