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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
157
Population
394
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚SY4 5EQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
34
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
394
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
306
Single
92
Married
148
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
31
Widowed
29

Health

Population
394
Very good
188
Good
114
Fair
70
Bad
19
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
306
England❚SY4 5EQ❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
67
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
394
White British
377
White Irish
2
White Other
8
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
394
England
354
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
9
Wales
12
Ireland
2
Germany
4
Poland
3
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
394
Christian
299
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Other
3
No religion
65
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
167
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
21
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
13
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
266
England❚SY4 5EQ❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
28
Unemployed
16
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
157
Owned outright
48
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
48
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
161
Occupied
157
Unoccupied
4
Detached
64
Semi detached
49
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
26
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
157
One person
46
Two people
42
Three people
30
Four people
26
Five people
8
Six people
5

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5HF SY4 5HQ SY4 5TR SY4 5TJ SY4 5HH SY4 5HG SY4 5EZ SY4 5EY SY4 5EX SY4 5HL SY4 5EH SY4 5JS SY4 5EN SY4 5DR SY4 5GB SY4 5DD SY4 5ET SY4 5EE 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