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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
116
Population
224
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
58
England❚SY4 5EE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
224
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
31%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
188
Single
44
Married
82
Separated
4
Divorced
25
Widowed
33

Health

Population
224
Very good
89
Good
77
Fair
45
Bad
12
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
188
England❚SY4 5EE❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
224
White British
216
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
224
England
204
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
8
Poland
4
Nigeria
1
Middle East
1
Philippines
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
224
Christian
178
No religion
36
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
99
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
10
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
148
England❚SY4 5EE❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
12
Unemployed
4
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
4
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
116
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
22
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
116
Unoccupied
7
Detached
25
Semi detached
22
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
53
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
116
One person
60
Two people
30
Three people
11
Four people
8
Five people
4
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5HF SY4 5HQ SY4 5TR SY4 5NZ SY4 5NX SY4 5TJ SY4 5HH SY4 5HG SY4 5EZ SY4 5EY SY4 5HL SY4 5EG SY4 5EF SY4 5FG SY4 5EQ SY4 5DS SY4 5DR SY4 5GB SY4 5ET SY4 5ED

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