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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
120
Population
318
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚SY4 5RG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
318
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
267
Single
64
Married
173
Separated
5
Divorced
12
Widowed
13

Health

Population
318
Very good
154
Good
119
Fair
28
Bad
14
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
267
England❚SY4 5RG❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
318
White British
296
White Gypsy
4
White Other
11
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
318
England
274
Scotland
3
Wales
20
Germany
3
Poland
10
India
3
North America - Other
1
Central America
1

Religion

Population
318
Christian
229
Sikh
3
Other
1
No religion
53
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
167
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
29
Mining
3
Manufacturing
23
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
16
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
249
England❚SY4 5RG❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
48
Unemployed
6
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
120
Unoccupied
6
Detached
98
Semi detached
22
Terraced
4
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
18
Two people
54
Three people
21
Four people
15
Five people
7
Six people
3
Seven people
1
Eight or over
1

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