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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
143
Population
393
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚SY4 5NJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
37
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
393
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
298
Single
76
Married
173
Separated
12
Divorced
24
Widowed
13

Health

Population
393
Very good
203
Good
121
Fair
54
Bad
10
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
298
England❚SY4 5NJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
105
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
52

Ethnicity

Population
393
White British
383
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
393
England
355
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
6
Wales
19
Ireland
1
Germany
1
North America - Other
2
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
393
Christian
253
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
No religion
113
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
199
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
23
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
21
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
274
England❚SY4 5NJ❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
70
Unemployed
7
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
62
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
148
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
5
Detached
98
Semi detached
34
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
33
Two people
45
Three people
19
Four people
28
Five people
12
Six people
4
Eight or over
2

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