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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
133
Population
276
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
England❚SY4 5QP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
276
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
38%
65 or over
54%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
6%
30 - 44
7%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
32%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
254
Single
34
Married
143
Divorced
14
Widowed
63

Health

Population
276
Very good
80
Good
96
Fair
82
Bad
12
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
254
England❚SY4 5QP❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
102

Ethnicity

Population
276
White British
267
White Irish
3
White Other
4
Mixed Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
276
England
254
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
10
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Lithuania
1
Nigeria
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
276
Christian
221
No religion
32
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
82
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
8
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
11
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
165
England❚SY4 5QP❚
Full-Time employee
43
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
16
Unemployed
2
Retired
63
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
5
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
92
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
4
Detached
111
Semi detached
23
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
57
Two people
53
Three people
14
Four people
5
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5AL SY4 5BP SY4 5BT SY4 5BS SY4 5YE SY4 5QR SY4 5TN SY4 5LT SY4 5YD SY4 5YT SY4 5YB SY4 5LU SY4 5LY SY4 5YG SY4 5YH SY4 5XN SY4 5YL SY4 5SF SY4 5SP SY4 5XL

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