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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
205
Population
545
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
147
England❚SY4 5YL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
34
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
42
C2 Skilled manual workers
42
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
545
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
398
Single
80
Married
252
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
29
Widowed
25

Health

Population
545
Very good
286
Good
183
Fair
54
Bad
15
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
398
England❚SY4 5YL❚
Degree or above
63
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
83
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
45
Apprenticeship
95
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
545
White British
523
White Irish
4
White Other
8
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
8
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
545
England
482
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
24
Ireland
3
France
2
Germany
6
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Poland
2
Romania
2
South Africa
3
Hong Kong
1
India
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
1

Religion

Population
545
Christian
383
Buddhist
2
No religion
123
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
254
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
45
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
19
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
24
Education
24
Human health and social work
37

Economic Activity

Population
354
England❚SY4 5YL❚
Full-Time employee
143
Part-Time employee
70
Self employed
28
Unemployed
7
Retired
56
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
205
Owned outright
77
Owned with mortgage
98
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
210
Occupied
205
Unoccupied
5
Detached
154
Semi detached
22
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
205
One person
40
Two people
69
Three people
40
Four people
38
Five people
14
Six people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5AL SY4 5AN SY4 5QS SY4 5YA SY4 5BT SY4 5BS SY4 5YE SY4 5QP SY4 5QN SY4 5TN SY4 5LT

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