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Electoral wardE05016014
Battlefield ward, Shropshire
Battlefield is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,333 residents in 1,877 households — 2,034 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Shrewsbury constituency.
Residents, 20215,333council ward average 4,494
Households1,8772.84 residents per household
Density2,034/ km²about 2.62 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+12.3%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 330
5–96.2% · 329
10–155.4% · 289
16–193.4% · 184
20–247.4% · 396
25–3419.8% · 1,055
35–4921.0% · 1,123
50–6418.3% · 974
65–746.9% · 370
75–844.1% · 218
85+1.3% · 67
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.8% · 258
1 car or van41.7% · 781
2 cars or vans32.3% · 605
3 or more12.3% · 230
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright29.6% · 555
With mortgage41.3% · 775
Shared ownership1.3% · 24
Social rented9.9% · 186
Private rented17.8% · 335
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house26.1% · 491
Semi-detached house40.3% · 757
Terraced house26.9% · 505
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 59
Converted house0.4% · 7
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile2.4% · 46
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016014- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Shrewsbury
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey30.9% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned5,590BBagley22.1% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned4,688BBayston Hill28.5% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned5,219BBelle Vue23.5% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned4,658BBicton Heath21.6% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned3,614CCastlefields & Ditherington16.4% aged 65+ · 51.0% owned5,581CChirbury & Worthen26.7% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned6,080CColumn & Sutton31.2% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned3,938CCopthorne23.4% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned5,110HHarlescott15.3% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned3,551LLongden27.5% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned5,428LLoton29.5% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned3,031MMeole21.1% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned3,171MMonkmoor21.9% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned4,088
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.