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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
116
Population
222
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
68
England❚SY4 5YW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
222
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
202
Single
61
Married
99
Separated
4
Divorced
16
Widowed
22

Health

Population
222
Very good
83
Good
90
Fair
37
Bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
202
England❚SY4 5YW❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
45
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
222
White British
209
White Irish
2
White Other
10
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
222
England
200
Scotland
3
Wales
9
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
5
Philippines
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
222
Christian
162
No religion
46
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
121
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
12
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
13
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
4
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
170
England❚SY4 5YW❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
17
Unemployed
4
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
116
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
116
Unoccupied
4
Detached
61
Semi detached
43
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
116
One person
51
Two people
41
Three people
10
Four people
11
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

SY4 5UT SY4 5UP SY4 5HW 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