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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
137
Population
339
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚SY9 5AP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
37

Age Groups

Population
339
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
285
Single
91
Married
126
Separated
4
Divorced
28
Widowed
36

Health

Population
339
Very good
123
Good
133
Fair
63
Bad
16
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
285
England❚SY9 5AP❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
35
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
96

Ethnicity

Population
339
White British
313
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Other
15
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
339
England
287
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
24
Ireland
1
Italy
1
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
1
India
4
Philippines
10

Religion

Population
339
Christian
220
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
84
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
150
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
9
Human health and social work
36

Economic Activity

Population
233
England❚SY9 5AP❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
34
Unemployed
8
Retired
42
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
20
Shared ownership
5
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
40
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
140
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
3
Detached
41
Semi detached
75
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
47
Two people
42
Three people
25
Four people
16
Five people
7

Nearby postcodes

SY9 5DN SY9 5AB SY9 5AF SY9 5FD SY9 5BB SY9 5BJ SY9 5DL SY9 5AZ SY9 5AN SY9 5AL SY9 5DJ

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