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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
137
Population
281
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
59
England❚SY4 5HS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
281
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
49%
65 or over
41%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
21%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
254
Single
49
Married
153
Civil partnership
2
Separated
1
Divorced
22
Widowed
27

Health

Population
281
Very good
99
Good
119
Fair
46
Bad
12
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
254
England❚SY4 5HS❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
281
White British
271
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
281
England
243
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
23
Germany
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
4
Nigeria
1
China
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
281
Christian
210
Buddhist
2
No religion
50
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
113
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
16
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
194
England❚SY4 5HS❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
14
Unemployed
6
Retired
56
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
90
Owned with mortgage
34
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
141
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
4
Detached
89
Semi detached
47
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
39
Two people
69
Three people
18
Four people
7
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5HZ SY4 5LJ SY4 5RW

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