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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wem
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
98
Population
279
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
69
England❚SY4 5JL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
279
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
71
Married
132
Separated
5
Divorced
14
Widowed
11

Health

Population
279
Very good
156
Good
91
Fair
29
Bad
2
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚SY4 5JL❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
69
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
279
White British
260
White Other
17
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
279
England
247
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
10
Germany
3
Poland
5
Romania
1
South Africa
4
Middle East
3
India
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
279
Christian
198
Other
1
No religion
62
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
159
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
19
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
12
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚SY4 5JL❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
42
Unemployed
2
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
98
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
41
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
103
Occupied
98
Unoccupied
5
Detached
71
Semi detached
25
Terraced
5
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
98
One person
16
Two people
34
Three people
14
Four people
23
Five people
5
Six people
6

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