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Administrative Areas

Ward
Highley
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Ludlow
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
135
Population
278
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
69
England❚WV16 6EG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
278
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
35%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
41
Married
150
Separated
4
Divorced
17
Widowed
31

Health

Population
278
Very good
87
Good
116
Fair
57
Bad
16
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚WV16 6EG❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
46
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
72

Ethnicity

Population
278
White British
271
White Other
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Other
1
Arab
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
278
England
263
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Germany
1
Turkey
1
Sri Lanka
1

Religion

Population
278
Christian
220
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
No religion
35
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
115
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
21
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
9
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚WV16 6EG❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
30
Unemployed
5
Retired
64
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
135
Owned outright
75
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
135
Unoccupied
1
Detached
109
Semi detached
18
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
135
One person
39
Two people
67
Three people
15
Four people
10
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

WV16 6EZ WV16 6EQ WV16 6JQ WV16 6JJ WV16 6JG WV16 6ED WV16 6DA WV16 6DE WV16 6BX WV16 6JS WV16 6JR

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