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Administrative Areas

Ward
Longden
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
156
Population
327
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
114
England❚SY5 8LQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
327
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
265
Single
81
Married
126
Separated
6
Divorced
32
Widowed
20

Health

Population
327
Very good
136
Good
129
Fair
37
Bad
19
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
265
England❚SY5 8LQ❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
91
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
327
White British
309
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
3
Arab
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
327
England
291
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
15
Germany
4
Kenya
1
Philippines
6

Religion

Population
327
Christian
198
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
97
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
149
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
23
Human health and social work
33

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚SY5 8LQ❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
32
Self employed
25
Unemployed
13
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
156
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
37
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
20
Rented - other social
32
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
158
Occupied
156
Unoccupied
2
Detached
53
Semi detached
45
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
44
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
156
One person
61
Two people
55
Three people
17
Four people
16
Five people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY5 8JX SY5 8LD SY5 8LE SY5 8RQ SY5 8JY

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