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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
120
Population
268
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
56
England❚SY4 5HD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
268
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
49%
65 or over
36%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
32%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
40
Married
134
Separated
6
Divorced
16
Widowed
31

Health

Population
268
Very good
111
Good
102
Fair
40
Bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚SY4 5HD❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
80

Ethnicity

Population
268
White British
252
White Irish
3
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
268
England
239
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
9
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Poland
4
South Africa
2
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
268
Christian
223
Buddhist
1
No religion
36
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
104
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
12
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
188
England❚SY4 5HD❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
15
Unemployed
2
Retired
63
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
13
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
2
Detached
83
Semi detached
36
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
32
Two people
55
Three people
13
Four people
15
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5HE SY4 5PA SY4 5PB

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