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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
Households
144
Population
317
Males
41%
Females
59%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚SY9 5AJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
317
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
36%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
21%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
288
Single
89
Married
117
Separated
7
Divorced
18
Widowed
57

Health

Population
317
Very good
116
Good
125
Fair
64
Bad
10
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
288
England❚SY9 5AJ❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
101
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
317
White British
302
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
1
White Other
10
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
317
England
282
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
18
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
2
Nigeria
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
317
Christian
182
Buddhist
1
Jewish
1
Other
4
No religion
108
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
145
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
14
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
221
England❚SY9 5AJ❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
58
Unemployed
4
Retired
54
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
144
Owned outright
69
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
169
Occupied
144
Unoccupied
25
Detached
60
Semi detached
45
Terraced
46
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
7
Flat - in commerical building
7
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
144
One person
56
Two people
59
Three people
13
Four people
14
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

SY9 5PA SY9 5PB SY9 5PF SY9 5PE SY9 5BH

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