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Administrative Areas

Ward
Shifnal South and Cosford
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
The Wrekin
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
90
Population
951
Males
82%
Females
18%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚WV7 3ED❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
47
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
951
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
89%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
70%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
4%
60 - 74
2%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
860
Single
646
Married
166
Separated
23
Divorced
23
Widowed
2

Health

Population
951
Very good
657
Good
262
Fair
25
Bad
3
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
860
England❚WV7 3ED❚
Degree or above
270
2+ A Levels or equivalent
30
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
264
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
69
Apprenticeship
145
Other qualifications
66
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
951
White British
841
White Irish
7
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
3
Asian Other
12
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
3
Arab
64

Country of Birth

Population
951
England
672
Nortern Ireland
28
Scotland
60
Wales
52
Ireland
6
Germany
20
Spain
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
1
Turkey
1
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
4
Middle East
69
Hong Kong
4
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
1
USA
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
3

Religion

Population
951
Christian
536
Buddhist
4
Hindu
2
Muslim
71
Other
1
No religion
296
Not stated
41

Industry

Population
818
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
37
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
686
Education
15
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
857
England❚WV7 3ED❚
Full-Time employee
726
Part-Time employee
49
Self employed
9
Unemployed
5
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
35
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
90
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
53
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
98
Occupied
90
Unoccupied
8
Detached
17
Semi detached
63
Terraced
16
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
90
One person
3
Two people
35
Three people
21
Four people
26
Five people
5

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