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Administrative Areas

Ward
The Meres
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
105
Population
290
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚SY4 5SN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
27
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
290
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
234
Single
68
Married
125
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
15

Health

Population
290
Very good
134
Good
120
Fair
27
Bad
6
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
234
England❚SY4 5SN❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
290
White British
284
White Irish
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Indian
1
Black African
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
290
England
267
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
11
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Zimbabwe
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
290
Christian
216
Buddhist
2
Sikh
1
No religion
57
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
131
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
5
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
15
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
214
England❚SY4 5SN❚
Full-Time employee
69
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
35
Unemployed
5
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
20
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
105
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
109
Occupied
105
Unoccupied
4
Detached
92
Semi detached
16
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
105
One person
20
Two people
48
Three people
11
Four people
19
Five people
6
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