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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
121
Population
265
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚SY9 5BG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
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
265
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
242
Single
113
Married
88
Civil partnership
1
Separated
3
Divorced
21
Widowed
16

Health

Population
265
Very good
121
Good
108
Fair
30
Bad
4
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
242
England❚SY9 5BG❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
265
White British
258
White Other
5
Mixed Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
265
England
240
Scotland
1
Wales
11
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Lithuania
2
Nigeria
1
Hong Kong
3
North America - Other
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
265
Christian
171
No religion
77
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
169
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
17
Human health and social work
26

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚SY9 5BG❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
67
Unemployed
8
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
121
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
121
Unoccupied
23
Detached
34
Semi detached
40
Terraced
43
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
22

Household Size

All categoies
121
One person
49
Two people
38
Three people
21
Four people
7
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

SY9 5FA SY9 5AH SY9 5BN SY9 5DB SY9 5BU SY9 5BY SY9 5BZ SY9 5EZ

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