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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
176
Population
341
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
127
England❚WV16 6JQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
36

Age Groups

Population
341
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
93
Married
108
Separated
7
Divorced
45
Widowed
22

Health

Population
341
Very good
161
Good
123
Fair
41
Bad
13
Very bad
45

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚WV16 6JQ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
92

Ethnicity

Population
341
White British
331
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
341
England
327
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Spain
1
Turkey
1
South Africa
1
China
1
India
2

Religion

Population
341
Christian
197
Muslim
1
Sikh
4
Other
1
No religion
99
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
170
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
30
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
26
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
11
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
250
England❚WV16 6JQ❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
36
Unemployed
10
Retired
43
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
176
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
64
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
44
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
189
Occupied
176
Unoccupied
13
Detached
44
Semi detached
31
Terraced
83
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - in commerical building
14
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
176
One person
79
Two people
52
Three people
26
Four people
17
Six people
2

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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