1981 and 1991 Census: Profile
Finmere population 1981: 372; 1991: 364. Some categories were used in 1981 and not 1991 and vice versa.
1981 | 1991 | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
Ethnicity | ||||
Not born UK | 22 | 6 | 24 | 7 |
White | 363 | 99 | ||
Black | 2 | 1 | ||
Asian | 2 | 1 | ||
Long Term Illness | ||||
Total residences with LTI | 36 | |||
LTI Houses/Households | 36 | 100 | ||
Housing | ||||
Total dwellings | 119 | 130 | ||
Total households | 128 | |||
Owner occupied | 80 | 67 | 94 | 73 |
Private rented | 17 | 14 | 23 | 18 |
Public rented | 21 | 18 | 12 | 9 |
Lone parent | ||||
Total one parents | 3 | 3 | ||
Lone male | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
Lone female | 3 | 100 | 2 | 67 |
Car availability in households | ||||
Total number cars | 160 | 204 | ||
No car | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
1 car | 56 | 47 | 43 | 34 |
2+ cars | 48 | 40 | 71 | 55 |
Employment | ||||
Total economically active | 161 | 193 | ||
Full time | 105 | 67 | 124 | 64 |
Part time | 22 | 14 | 27 | 14 |
Self employed | 30 | 19 | 36 | 19 |
Government scheme | 0 | 0 | ||
Unemployed | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Total economically inactive | 104 | 104 | ||
Students | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 |
Permanently sick | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
Retired | 29 | 28 | 33 | 32 |
Other | 63 | 61 | 45 | 43 |
Occupational segment | ||||
Total number houses/households | 120 | 130 | ||
1,2 Employers & managers | 30 | 25 | 50 | 38 |
3,4 Professional | 20 | 17 | 20 | 15 |
5 Intermediate non manual | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
6 Junior non manual | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
7,10 Personal service | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
13,14,15 Farm and agriculture | 40 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Economically inactive | 0 | 0 | 40 | 31 |
Social class | ||||
I Professional | 20 | 17 | 20 | 15 |
II Managerial & technical | 40 | 33 | 60 | 46 |
IIIN Skilled occupation non manual | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
IIIM Skilled occupation manual | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
IV Partly skilled | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
Economically inactive | 30 | 25 | 40 | 31 |
Industry | ||||
16+ employed | 190 | 160 | ||
Agriculture | 30 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Minerals/Manufacture | 10 | 6 | 30 | 19 |
Construction | 10 | 6 | 40 | 25 |
Distribution/Catering | 10 | 6 | 30 | 19 |
Bank/Finance | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Other | 100 | 63 | 50 | 31 |
Travel to work | ||||
Car driver | 90 | 47 | 100 | 63 |
Car passenger | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Bus | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Rail | 10 | 5 | 20 | 13 |
Motorcycle | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Foot | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Work at home | 30 | 16 | 20 | 13 |
Qualified Manpower | ||||
Residents 18+ | 260 | |||
Total qualified | 60 | |||
Qualified male | 30 | 50 | 40 | 15 |
Qualified female | 30 | 50 | 20 | 8 |
Not qualified male | 100 | 38 | ||
Not qualified female | 100 | 38 |
Source: Oxford County Council and National Statistics.