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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
308
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚SY9 5ET❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
308
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
264
Single
75
Married
138
Separated
5
Divorced
27
Widowed
19

Health

Population
308
Very good
143
Good
125
Fair
30
Bad
9
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
264
England❚SY9 5ET❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
97
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
308
White British
296
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Asian Bangladeshi
1

Country of Birth

Population
308
England
266
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
4
Wales
21
Germany
1
Portugal
3
Bangladesh
1
Pakistan
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
308
Christian
188
Buddhist
3
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
88
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
154
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
12
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
13
Human health and social work
30

Economic Activity

Population
232
England❚SY9 5ET❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
42
Unemployed
1
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
10
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
137
Owned outright
71
Owned with mortgage
26
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
25
Rented - other private
7
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
151
Occupied
137
Unoccupied
14
Detached
100
Semi detached
16
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
137
One person
41
Two people
61
Three people
11
Four people
19
Five people
3
Six people
2

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