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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
129
Population
358
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚SY4 5PG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
358
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
281
Single
62
Married
175
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
13

Health

Population
358
Very good
186
Good
123
Fair
39
Bad
7
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
281
England❚SY4 5PG❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
101
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
358
White British
343
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
358
England
331
Scotland
4
Wales
11
Germany
3
Poland
1
Romania
1
India
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
358
Christian
292
Buddhist
1
Sikh
1
No religion
46
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
203
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
14
Manufacturing
15
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
33
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
262
England❚SY4 5PG❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
59
Unemployed
7
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
6
Detached
87
Semi detached
39
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
18
Two people
51
Three people
23
Four people
20
Five people
14
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5JN

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