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Badger Parish ProfileBadger Parish Crown copyright and databaserights 2014 Ordnance Survey100049049Civil Parish Boundary Research & Intelligence TeamShropshire CouncilScale: 1:24,000Key Facts:Badger ParishArea:374.2 hectaresPopulationDensity:0.30 persons per hectareTotal Population126 (61 males, 65 females)HouseholdPopulation:126 ment no./ population0 Communal Establishments0 residents (0.0% of total population)Source: 2011 Census, Office for National Statistics, Crown Copyright 2014.

Population Age StructureTable: Population by five year age group (2011 Census)TotalPopulationAll ages0‒45‒910 ‒ 1415 ‒ 1920 ‒ 2425 ‒ 2930 ‒ 3435 ‒ 3940 ‒ 4445 ‒ 4950 ‒ 5455 ‒ 5960 ‒ 6465 ‒ 6970 ‒ 7475 ‒ 7980 ‒ 8485 ‒ 8990 Plus12643984412716161278104920% of Total ation Age Structure Early years: 3.2% (4 children) of the population were aged 0 to 4 years in March2011. This compares with 5.1% at County level, 6.3% regionally and 6.3%nationally. School age: 12.7% (16 children) of the population were aged 5 to 17 years inMarch 2011. This compares with 14.9% at County level, 15.8% regionally and15.1% nationally. Working age: 57.9% (73 people) of the population were aged 18 to 64 years inMarch 2011. This compares with 59.3% at County level, 61.0% regionally and62.3% nationally. Retirement age: 26.2% (33 people) of the population were aged 65 and over inMarch 2011. This compares with 20.7% at County level, 16.9% regionally and16.3% nationally. Over 85 year olds: 1.6% (2) of the population were aged 85 and over in March2011. This compares with 2.7% at County level, 2.2% regionally and 2.2%nationally.

Diversity The 2011 Census showed Badger Parish had a black and minority ethnic grouppopulation of 0. For the first time the 2011 Census showed Badger Parish had agypsy population of 0. When asked about their religion 23.8% (30 people) identified themselves ashaving no religion or did not state it on the form. The majority of people (75.4%)identified themselves as Christian and 0.8% (1 person) identified themselves ashaving an alternative religion. The 2011 Census showed that 0 people could not speak English well and 0people could not speak English at all.Car Ownership The 2011 Census showed that 5 households (8.8%) did not own a car andsubsequently are reliant on other forms of transport such as public transportservices. In total 104 cars are owned by households resident in the parish area.

HealthGeneral HealthThe 2011 Census asked three questions relating to health and the provision ofunpaid care. The questions relate to whether people felt their general health wasgood, whether they looked after or gave help or support to other family members,friends, neighbours or others and lastly whether their day to day activities werelimited because of a health problem or disability. At the time of the 2011 Census 48% of people in Badger said that they felt theywere in “Very Good Health”, this compares to 46% for Shropshire as a whole. Nobody reported that they were in very bad health.Provision of Unpaid CareThe question asked “do you look after, or give any help or support to familymembers, friends, neighbours or others because of either; a long term physical ormental ill health/disability? or because of problems related to old age? At the time of the Census 13% said that they were providing 1 to 19 hours ofunpaid care a week. This is slightly higher than the Shropshire figure of 7%. Nobody identified themselves as providing 20 to 49 hours of care. 6% said they provided over 50 hours of unpaid care. This is slightly higherthan the figure for Shropshire as a whole (2%) and England & Wales (2%).Long Term Illness or DisabilityThe Census asked “Are your day-to-day activities limited a lot due to a healthproblem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months? 6% said that their day-to-day activities were limited a lot due to a healthproblem or disability. This is less than the County figure of 8%. The percentage who reported their day-to-day activities were limited a littlewas 15%. This is slightly higher than the figure of 10% for Shropshire as awhole.

Index of Multiple DeprivationThe lower super outputarea that includes BadgerParish falls within Quintile 3nationally.Quintile 1 is the mostdeprived nationally andQuintile 5 the least deprivednationally.Source: IMD 2010,Department for Communitiesand Local Government, Crown Copyright 2014Index of Multiple DeprivationNational Quintile1 1 most deprived25 least deprived345 Crown copyright and databaserights 2014 Ordnance Survey100049049Civil Parish Boundary Research & Intelligence TeamShropshire CouncilScale: 1:24,000Housing There were 57 households in Badger at the time of the 2011 Census. The parish had 126 usual residents and covers an area of 374 hectares. 21 households were owner occupiers (owned outright) equating to 36.8% ofall households. There were 13 households (22.8%) who owned their homewith a mortgage or loan. There were 14 households (24.6% of all households) that privately rentedtheir home from a landlord. There was also 1 household (1.8% of allhouseholds) who privately rented from a landlord classified as ‘Other’. 3 households were renting social housing from the Council totalling 5.3% ofall households. There were also 3 households (5.3%) renting social housingfrom ‘Other’ sources. In Badger there were 27 detached dwellings representing 46.6% of alldwellings. There were also 21 semi-detached and 7 terraced dwellingsequating to 36.2% and 12.1% respectively. 19.3% of all households were one person pensioner households. 22.8% of households in the area had dependent children. The number ofmarried couple households with dependent children was 9 and the number ofcohabiting couples with dependent children was 0. There were 2 lone parent households (with dependent children), whichequates to 3.5% of all households.

Planning Land Use Monitoring Data for Badger Parish, 2012-2013Source: Shropshire Council, Planning Land Use Monitoring System, 2014Housing During 2012-2013 there were 0 housing completions (gross) within the BadgerParish. Included in this figure are 0 affordable housing units. During this time0 dwellings were lost during development. At April 2013 there was 1 dwelling with planning permission outstanding,including 0 affordable houses. At April 2013, 0 proposed dwellings were part of the current Shropshire Councilhousing allocations. However, as part of the on-going preparation of the SiteAllocations and Management of Development Plan (SAMDev) Plan, thePlanning Policy team is now consulting on the ‘Revised Preferred Options’.Employment During 2012-2013, 0 hectares of Class B employment land was completedwithin the Badger Parish. The total completed gross floor space amounted to 0square metres. At April 2013 there remained 0 hectares of Class B employment landoutstanding with planning permission and 0 hectares of allocated employmentland.Retail A total of 0 net square metres of retail floor space was completed in the BadgerParish during 2012-2013.At April 2013, 0 net square metres of retail floor space remain outstanding.Holiday Lets Within the Badger Parish, 0 holiday lets were completed during 2012-2013. At April 2013, 2 holiday let units remain outstanding.

Unemployment and Labour MarketUnemployment At the time of the Census, there were 2 residents who were unemployed but available forwork. This is 2.1% of the 16-74 year old population, compared to 3.3% for Shropshire. 0 young people (aged 16-24) were unemployed, plus a further 0 who were 50 to 74. 100.0% of all unemployed people were classed as long-term unemployed in 2011. Thisis the equivalent of 2 people.Labour Force 64 Badger residents aged 16-74 are economically active. 33.9% of the Badger population has level 4 or above qualifications compared with 27.5%in Shropshire and 27.4% in England. The number with no formal qualifications at all stands at 17 people – at 15.6% of thepopulation (aged over 16), this compares with the county average of 22.5%. 53.2% of the population work in standard occupation classifications 1-3 (managers,directors and senior officials, professional, associate professional and technical) and9.7% work in standard occupation classifications 8 and 9 (process, plant and machineoperatives and elementary occupations).Travel to Work (Census 2011) 20.2% of the population in Badger are self-employed, and 12.8% work from homecompared with 5.6% for Shropshire. The car is used as the main means of travel to work for 47.9%, while 3.2% use publictransport.If you require any further information, or have any other research requests, please contact:Intelligence & Research Team, Shropshire Council,Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6NDEmail: research@shropshire.gov.ukTel: 01743 252562Web: www.shropshire.gov.uk/facts-and-figuresTwitter: @ShropinFocus

Allocations and Management of Development Plan (SAMDev) Plan, the Planning Policy team is now consulting on the 'Revised Preferred Options'. Employment During 2012-2013, 0 hectares of Class B employment land was completed within the Badger Parish. The total completed gross floor space amounted to 0 square metres.