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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
214
Population
547
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
197
England❚SY4 5GD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
44
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
50
C2 Skilled manual workers
47
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
56

Age Groups

Population
547
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
392
Single
159
Married
170
Civil partnership
3
Separated
15
Divorced
37
Widowed
8

Health

Population
547
Very good
336
Good
155
Fair
43
Bad
8
Very bad
37

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
392
England❚SY4 5GD❚
Degree or above
77
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
60
Apprenticeship
113
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
547
White British
496
White Irish
2
White Other
38
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
547
England
472
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
9
Wales
21
Ireland
1
Germany
4
Lithuania
1
Poland
22
Turkey
2
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
1
USA
3
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
547
Christian
323
Hindu
1
Muslim
5
Sikh
1
No religion
182
Not stated
35

Industry

Population
274
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
27
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
43
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
29
Education
33
Human health and social work
43

Economic Activity

Population
383
England❚SY4 5GD❚
Full-Time employee
195
Part-Time employee
57
Self employed
19
Unemployed
16
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
24
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
214
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
105
Shared ownership
7
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
46
Rented - private landlord
25
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
227
Occupied
214
Unoccupied
13
Detached
44
Semi detached
75
Terraced
81
Flat - purpose built
23
Flat - in commerical building
3
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
214
One person
41
Two people
80
Three people
47
Four people
33
Five people
12
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5DL SY4 5AA SY4 5AB SY4 5AU SY4 5AD SY4 5AE SY4 5DB SY4 5FD SY4 5DA SY4 5AF SY4 5AH SY4 5AQ SY4 5BX SY4 5BZ SY4 5BU SY4 5AG SY4 5BW SY4 5EU SY4 5BY SY4 5GA SY4 5BJ SY4 5XJ SY4 5BG SY4 5TL SY4 5BE SY4 5BD SY4 5JA SY4 5JB SY4 5JR SY4 5BQ SY4 5BH SY4 5BL SY4 5BN SY4 5FH SY4 5DF SY4 5JP SY4 5DE SY4 5LX

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