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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
135
Population
342
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚SY9 5BH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
37
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
342
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
263
Single
101
Married
109
Separated
3
Divorced
31
Widowed
19

Health

Population
342
Very good
158
Good
119
Fair
41
Bad
16
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
263
England❚SY9 5BH❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
62
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
85

Ethnicity

Population
342
White British
326
White Gypsy
1
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
342
England
302
Scotland
4
Wales
18
Poland
4
Turkey
3
USA
1
North America - Other
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
342
Christian
230
Buddhist
2
Muslim
4
Other
2
No religion
81
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
159
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
10
Manufacturing
16
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
20
Information and communication
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
10
Human health and social work
28

Economic Activity

Population
238
England❚SY9 5BH❚
Full-Time employee
77
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
30
Unemployed
4
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
21
Long-term sick/disabled
18
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
54
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
2
Detached
10
Semi detached
97
Terraced
30

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
41
Two people
43
Three people
21
Four people
19
Five people
6
Six people
5

Nearby postcodes

SY9 5AJ SY9 5DF SY9 5BS SY9 5BT SY9 5BF SY9 5ES

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