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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
171
Population
479
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
127
England❚SY5 9PW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
42
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
479
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
383
Single
103
Married
213
Separated
6
Divorced
32
Widowed
29

Health

Population
479
Very good
246
Good
172
Fair
41
Bad
14
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
383
England❚SY5 9PW❚
Degree or above
52
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
129
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
479
White British
460
White Gypsy
1
White Other
7
Mixed Black African
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
6
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
479
England
421
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
29
Nigeria
1
China
1
India
1
Philippines
6
USA
1
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
3

Religion

Population
479
Christian
316
Buddhist
2
Other
5
No religion
98
Not stated
58

Industry

Population
246
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
20
Mining
1
Manufacturing
18
Construction
40
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
22
Human health and social work
50

Economic Activity

Population
348
England❚SY5 9PW❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
72
Unemployed
9
Retired
66
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
24
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
171
Owned outright
85
Owned with mortgage
65
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
176
Occupied
171
Unoccupied
5
Detached
140
Semi detached
31
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
171
One person
27
Two people
78
Three people
21
Four people
29
Five people
13
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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