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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
129
Population
290
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚SY4 5HZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
40

Age Groups

Population
290
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
90
Married
75
Separated
3
Divorced
39
Widowed
26

Health

Population
290
Very good
119
Good
96
Fair
48
Bad
25
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚SY4 5HZ❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
74

Ethnicity

Population
290
White British
269
White Irish
1
White Other
13
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Other
1
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
290
England
258
Scotland
1
Wales
12
Ireland
3
Poland
11
Zimbabwe
4

Religion

Population
290
Christian
207
Buddhist
1
No religion
62
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
113
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
23
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
6
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
10
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
199
England❚SY4 5HZ❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
9
Unemployed
17
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
9
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
25
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
53
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
1
Detached
16
Semi detached
30
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
27
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
44
Two people
40
Three people
23
Four people
14
Five people
7
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5HX SY4 5HU SY4 5HR SY4 5HY SY4 5HS 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