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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting
Households
177
Population
361
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚SY7 8EA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
36
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
361
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
6%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
307
Single
67
Married
175
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
32
Widowed
21

Health

Population
361
Very good
188
Good
122
Fair
35
Bad
14
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
307
England❚SY7 8EA❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
56
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
124
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
44

Ethnicity

Population
361
White British
340
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
1
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
361
England
317
Scotland
4
Wales
20
Ireland
1
France
1
Poland
2
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
361
Christian
219
Buddhist
5
Muslim
2
Other
2
No religion
113
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
199
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
23
Manufacturing
18
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
18
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
277
England❚SY7 8EA❚
Full-Time employee
59
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
98
Unemployed
4
Retired
58
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
177
Owned outright
79
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
53
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
201
Occupied
177
Unoccupied
24
Detached
121
Semi detached
33
Terraced
8
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - converted
19
Caravan
14

Household Size

All categoies
177
One person
64
Two people
71
Three people
18
Four people
20
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

SY7 8AR

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