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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
210
Population
472
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
107
England❚WV16 6NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
37
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
472
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
50%
65 or over
36%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
37%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
403
Single
63
Married
283
Separated
6
Divorced
21
Widowed
30

Health

Population
472
Very good
171
Good
185
Fair
85
Bad
26
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
403
England❚WV16 6NG❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
51
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
52
Apprenticeship
76
Other qualifications
19
No qualifications
147

Ethnicity

Population
472
White British
461
White Irish
4
White Other
4
Asian Other
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
472
England
448
Scotland
4
Wales
5
Ireland
5
Germany
3
South Africa
2

Religion

Population
472
Christian
345
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
86
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
184
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
34
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
30
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
13
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
355
England❚WV16 6NG❚
Full-Time employee
95
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
42
Unemployed
10
Retired
128
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
210
Owned outright
146
Owned with mortgage
42
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
217
Occupied
210
Unoccupied
7
Detached
118
Semi detached
17
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
1
Caravan
69

Household Size

All categoies
210
One person
46
Two people
111
Three people
23
Four people
18
Five people
9
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

WV16 6NA WV16 6LP WV16 6LL WV16 6LN WV16 6NF WV16 6LW WV16 6ND WV16 6LJ WV16 6LH WV16 6NW WV16 6NP

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