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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
128
Population
276
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
England❚SY4 5TN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
276
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
48
Married
147
Separated
3
Divorced
15
Widowed
26

Health

Population
276
Very good
108
Good
107
Fair
43
Bad
16
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
England❚SY4 5TN❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
71

Ethnicity

Population
276
White British
261
White Irish
3
White Other
2
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
276
England
250
Scotland
2
Wales
8
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
China
3
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
276
Christian
214
Buddhist
6
No religion
29
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
125
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
8
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
17
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
191
England❚SY4 5TN❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
24
Unemployed
3
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
128
Owned outright
72
Owned with mortgage
40
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
128
Unoccupied
2
Detached
73
Semi detached
50
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
128
One person
39
Two people
54
Three people
19
Four people
10
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5AL SY4 5AN SY4 5QS SY4 5YA SY4 5BP SY4 5BT SY4 5BS SY4 5YE SY4 5QP SY4 5QN SY4 5QR 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