South Shropshire   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 40410      Males 19785      Females 20625      Aged 0 to 15 7306      Aged 16 to 74 28968      Aged 75 and over 4136       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Percentage change since 1991 5.4%   2.5%   135 12 Density           Number of people per hectare 0.4   3.4   366 34 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Single people (never married) 22.7%   30.1%   344 34 Married or re-married people 58.9%   50.9%   31 5 Separated or divorced 8.9%   10.6%   356 31 Widowed 9.5%   8.4%   74 4   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Households without car/van 15.7%   26.8%   303 27 Household with 1 car or van 44.4%   43.8%   190 8 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 39.9%   29.4%   91 10   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 One person households 27.6%   30.0%   236 15 Married couple households 39.8%   36.5%   170 23 Cohabiting couple households 7.3%   8.3%   320 31 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 4.0%   6.5%   348 33      with non-dependent children only 2.9%   3.1%   186 22 All other households 18.5%   15.6%   33 1 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 White 99.1%   91.3%   33 3    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Chinese (0.2%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Born in UK 97.0%   91.1%   84 9 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 1.1%   2.3%   301 24 Born outside EU 1.8%   6.6%   284 25   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Christian 79.6%   71.7%   70 12 Buddhist 0.2%   0.3%   195 11 Hindu 0.0%   1.1%   350 33 Jewish 0.0%   0.5%   289 16 Muslim 0.2%   3.0%   294 25 Sikh 0.0%   0.6%   284 33 Other 0.4%   0.3%   78 1 No religion 12.3%   14.8%   278 14 Religion not stated 7.2%   7.7%   235 16 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Limiting long-term illness 19.4%   18.2%   126 9 General health 'not good' 9.1%   9.2%   160 14 People providing unpaid care 11.2%   10.0%   56 8 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 2.1%   2.1%   148 15 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Employed 61.5%   60.6%   208 26 Unemployed 2.3%   3.4%   258 28 Long-term unemployed 0.7%   1.0%   216 23 Student (economically active) 1.4%   2.6%   369 34 Retired 18.9%   13.6%   16 1 Student (economically inactive) 2.7%   4.7%   306 31 Looking after home/family 6.5%   6.5%   149 8 Permanently sick or disabled 4.4%   5.5%   211 19 Other inactive 2.2%   3.1%   287 29   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Travel to work by car 61.2%   61.5%   290 33 Travel to work by public transport 2.4%   14.5%   364 33   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Qualifications at degree level or higher 20.5%   19.8%   129 7 No qualifications 29.7%   29.1%   157 19 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/34 Number of households with residents 17262   -   368 33 Number of people per hectare 0.4   3.4   366 34 Average household size 2.3   2.36   289 33 Vacant household spaces 4.4%   3.2%   45 2 Owner-occupied 72.5%   68.9%   196 21 Without central heating 11.1%   8.5%   64 9 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.4%   0.5%   144 6 Overcrowding indicator 3.0%   7.0 %   345 31

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