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Electoral wardW05001612Dwyrain Shotton a Shotton Uchaf
Shotton East and Shotton Higher ward, Flintshire
Shotton East and Shotton Higher is one of 45 electoral wards of Flintshire (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 4,353 residents in 1,861 households — 2,951 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Alyn and Deeside constituency.
Residents, 20214,353council ward average 3,444
Households1,8612.34 residents per household
Density2,951/ km²about 1.47 km² · Flintshire 352
Aged 65+18.2%Flintshire: 21.4% · under 16: 19.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 213
5–96.2% · 272
10–158.4% · 366
16–194.5% · 194
20–245.0% · 216
25–3414.2% · 620
35–4919.2% · 836
50–6419.4% · 847
65–748.7% · 380
75–846.0% · 260
85+3.5% · 151
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.7% · 571
1 car or van43.4% · 808
2 cars or vans18.3% · 340
3 or more7.6% · 142
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Flintshire overall: 71.8% owned, 14.5% social rented, 13.2% private rented.
Owned outright25.5% · 475
With mortgage25.1% · 467
Shared ownership0.6% · 11
Social rented32.5% · 605
Private rented16.2% · 302
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house12.4% · 231
Semi-detached house51.9% · 966
Terraced house23.5% · 438
Purpose-built flat9.8% · 182
Converted house1.6% · 30
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
W05001612- Council
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Alyn and Deeside
- Nation
- Wales
- Welsh name
- Dwyrain Shotton a Shotton Uchaf
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 45
Communities in the ward
Shotton
Other wards in the same constituency
BBagillt20.4% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned3,971BBroughton North East19.6% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned2,271BBroughton South17.4% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned4,261BBuckley: Bistre East21.3% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned4,257BBuckley: Bistre West19.9% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned4,176BBuckley: Mountain21.7% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned2,389BBuckley: Pentrobin22.1% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned5,303CCaergwrle26.2% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned1,560CConnah's Quay Central21.5% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned4,617CConnah's Quay South17.5% aged 65+ · 86.9% owned4,572CConnah's Quay: Golftyn14.3% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned5,243CConnah's Quay: Wepre17.6% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned2,339FFlint: Castle17.7% aged 65+ · 39.2% owned2,501FFlint: Coleshill and Trelawny22.4% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned8,053
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.