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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
139
Population
274
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚SY4 5EA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
39
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
274
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
73%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
228
Single
90
Married
82
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
32
Widowed
14

Health

Population
274
Very good
137
Good
94
Fair
24
Bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
228
England❚SY4 5EA❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
274
White British
246
White Irish
1
White Other
19
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
274
England
229
Scotland
2
Wales
14
Ireland
1
Poland
16
South Africa
3
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Pakistan
4
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
274
Christian
160
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
Sikh
1
No religion
87
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
162
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
8
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
15
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
213
England❚SY4 5EA❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
35
Unemployed
8
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
139
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
37
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
42
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
167
Occupied
139
Unoccupied
28
Detached
20
Semi detached
25
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
44
Flat - converted
19
Flat - in commerical building
18

Household Size

All categoies
139
One person
57
Two people
45
Three people
25
Four people
8
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5TT SY4 5TY SY4 5UA SY4 5TZ SY4 5UR SY4 5UU SY4 5UW SY4 5GH SY4 5YZ SY4 5DT SY4 5DJ SY4 5DX SY4 5DN SY4 5UB SY4 5YN SY4 5AP SY4 5DQ 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