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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
150
Population
339
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚SY5 9GJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
339
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
278
Single
87
Married
118
Separated
5
Divorced
31
Widowed
37

Health

Population
339
Very good
144
Good
117
Fair
62
Bad
11
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
278
England❚SY5 9GJ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
339
White British
325
White Irish
1
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
339
England
296
Scotland
8
Wales
16
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
6
Italy
1
Middle East
3
India
1
USA
1
Central America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
3

Religion

Population
339
Christian
251
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
54
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
165
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Mining
1
Manufacturing
19
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
11
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
246
England❚SY5 9GJ❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
21
Unemployed
7
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
150
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
44
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
150
Unoccupied
1
Detached
18
Semi detached
95
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
19
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
150
One person
50
Two people
51
Three people
19
Four people
21
Five people
8
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY5 9LH SY5 9LJ SY5 9NZ SY5 9NX SY5 9LL

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