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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
127
Population
272
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚WV8 1QU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
272
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
31%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
48
Married
137
Separated
11
Divorced
19
Widowed
24

Health

Population
272
Very good
122
Good
87
Fair
51
Bad
10
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
England❚WV8 1QU❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
81
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
272
White British
269
White Irish
2
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
272
England
253
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
10
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
272
Christian
212
No religion
45
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
130
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
13
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
23
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
191
England❚WV8 1QU❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
29
Unemployed
3
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
6
Detached
67
Semi detached
59
Terraced
2
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
41
Two people
49
Three people
18
Four people
16
Five people
3

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