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Electoral wardE05016012
Albrighton ward, Shropshire
Albrighton is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,243 residents in 2,289 households — 196 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the The Wrekin constituency.
Residents, 20215,243council ward average 4,494
Households2,2892.29 residents per household
Density196/ km²about 26.78 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+30.9%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 13.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 216
5–93.9% · 204
10–155.5% · 286
16–193.4% · 180
20–243.7% · 194
25–349.2% · 484
35–4916.0% · 838
50–6423.3% · 1,222
65–7413.2% · 694
75–8412.2% · 642
85+5.4% · 281
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.8% · 317
1 car or van39.8% · 910
2 cars or vans32.1% · 735
3 or more14.3% · 327
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright49.0% · 1,121
With mortgage24.1% · 550
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented12.9% · 294
Private rented13.5% · 308
Lives rent free0.2% · 4
Type of home
Detached house35.1% · 803
Semi-detached house43.2% · 989
Terraced house15.8% · 362
Purpose-built flat3.2% · 74
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office1.1% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.8% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016012- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 37 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Albrighton and Donington
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.