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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 town and fringe
Households
108
Population
231
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
England❚WV7 3PX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
231
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
35%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
202
Single
41
Married
122
Separated
3
Divorced
8
Widowed
28

Health

Population
231
Very good
111
Good
80
Fair
34
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
202
England❚WV7 3PX❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
35
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
231
White British
223
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
5

Country of Birth

Population
231
England
204
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
12
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Spain
1

Religion

Population
231
Christian
163
Other
2
No religion
42
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
107
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
17
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
160
England❚WV7 3PX❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
12
Unemployed
6
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
108
Owned outright
71
Owned with mortgage
29
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
117
Occupied
108
Unoccupied
9
Detached
44
Semi detached
69
Terraced
4

Household Size

All categoies
108
One person
40
Two people
39
Three people
11
Four people
10
Five people
8

Nearby postcodes

WV7 3DH WV7 3DQ WV7 3DN WV7 3DT WV7 3DL WV7 3DS WV7 3FD WV7 3PT WV7 3FA

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