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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
121
Population
282
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
75
England❚SY4 5UT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
282
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
225
Single
59
Married
114
Separated
2
Divorced
21
Widowed
29

Health

Population
282
Very good
129
Good
100
Fair
36
Bad
13
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
225
England❚SY4 5UT❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
41
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
282
White British
280
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
282
England
261
Scotland
1
Wales
12
Ireland
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
Central America
3

Religion

Population
282
Christian
201
Muslim
1
No religion
53
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
118
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
14
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
187
England❚SY4 5UT❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
22
Unemployed
7
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
42
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
5
Detached
65
Semi detached
56
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
35
Two people
43
Three people
18
Four people
18
Five people
7

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5TW SY4 5HW SY4 5YW SY4 5YP SY4 5HN SY4 5AW SY4 5AJ SY4 5HP SY4 5HT

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