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Administrative Areas

Ward
Essington
Local Authority
South Staffordshire
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
South Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
179
Population
602
Males
41%
Females
59%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
102
England❚WS6 6AY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
602
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
43%
65 or over
50%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
36%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
559
Single
116
Married
227
Separated
9
Divorced
38
Widowed
169

Health

Population
602
Very good
160
Good
157
Fair
102
Bad
123
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
559
England❚WS6 6AY❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
68
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
Apprenticeship
78
Other qualifications
23
No qualifications
286

Ethnicity

Population
602
White British
572
White Irish
3
White Gypsy
7
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
8
Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
602
England
584
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Italy
1
Portugal
1
India
5
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
602
Christian
432
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Sikh
12
No religion
75
Not stated
80

Industry

Population
208
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
28
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
44
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
18
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
345
England❚WS6 6AY❚
Full-Time employee
123
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
39
Unemployed
13
Retired
92
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
179
Owned outright
96
Owned with mortgage
60
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
189
Occupied
179
Unoccupied
10
Detached
73
Semi detached
72
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
10

Household Size

All categoies
179
One person
43
Two people
77
Three people
31
Four people
21
Five people
6
Six people
1

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