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Administrative Areas

Ward
Bishop's Castle
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Ludlow
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village in a sparse setting
Households
141
Population
334
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚SY7 8AT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
334
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
272
Single
56
Married
161
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
23
Widowed
22

Health

Population
334
Very good
152
Good
111
Fair
59
Bad
10
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
272
England❚SY7 8AT❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
87
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
334
White British
330
White Irish
1
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
334
England
303
Scotland
3
Wales
18
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
India
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
334
Christian
245
Other
1
No religion
55
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
172
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
14
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
14
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚SY7 8AT❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
58
Unemployed
5
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
141
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
19
Living rent free
8

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
141
Unoccupied
6
Detached
78
Semi detached
60
Terraced
5
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
141
One person
41
Two people
50
Three people
15
Four people
28
Five people
6
Six 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