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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
119
Population
241
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚SY4 5DT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
241
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
203
Single
79
Married
78
Civil partnership
2
Separated
6
Divorced
23
Widowed
15

Health

Population
241
Very good
102
Good
96
Fair
32
Bad
9
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
203
England❚SY4 5DT❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
26
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
241
White British
228
White Other
7
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
241
England
211
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
12
Germany
1
Poland
4
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
241
Christian
145
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
Sikh
1
No religion
62
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
139
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
10
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
15
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
182
England❚SY4 5DT❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
32
Unemployed
8
Retired
16
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
33
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
36
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
4
Detached
21
Semi detached
19
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - converted
9
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
47
Two people
43
Three people
18
Four people
8
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5TT SY4 5TY SY4 5UA SY4 5TZ SY4 5UR SY4 5UU SY4 5UW SY4 5DP SY4 5LZ SY4 5EA SY4 5DW SY4 5DJ SY4 5DG SY4 5EB SY4 5DZ SY4 5JX SY4 5UB SY4 5YN SY4 5AP SY4 5AR SY4 5AT SY4 5AS

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