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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
147
Population
287
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚SY4 5EZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
287
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
253
Single
84
Married
109
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
28

Health

Population
287
Very good
124
Good
112
Fair
39
Bad
11
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
253
England❚SY4 5EZ❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
287
White British
270
White Other
16
Mixed Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
287
England
241
Scotland
3
Wales
17
Germany
8
Spain
1
Poland
11
Zimbabwe
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
287
Christian
220
No religion
57
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
144
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
10
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚SY4 5EZ❚
Full-Time employee
95
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
12
Unemployed
6
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
147
Owned outright
61
Owned with mortgage
37
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
37
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
162
Occupied
147
Unoccupied
15
Detached
66
Semi detached
33
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
45
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
147
One person
60
Two people
58
Three people
11
Four people
13
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5HF SY4 5HQ SY4 5TR SY4 5NZ SY4 5NX SY4 5TJ SY4 5HH SY4 5HG SY4 5EX SY4 5EG SY4 5EF SY4 5FG SY4 5EQ SY4 5EH SY4 5DS SY4 5JS SY4 5EN SY4 5DR SY4 5DD 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