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Electoral wardE05016018

Bishop's Castle ward, Shropshire

Bishop's Castle is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 1,501 residents in 724 households — 740 people per km², the 72nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20211,501council ward average 4,494
Households7242.07 residents per household
Density740/ km²about 2.03 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+32.0%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 63
5–94.7% · 70
10–155.7% · 86
16–193.5% · 53
20–243.4% · 51
25–349.0% · 135
35–4915.3% · 229
50–6422.2% · 332
65–7416.3% · 244
75–8410.2% · 153
85+5.5% · 82

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.7% · 128
1 car or van48.8% · 353
2 cars or vans23.6% · 171
3 or more9.9% · 72
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.

Owned outright44.4% · 321
With mortgage14.4% · 104
Shared ownership1.2% · 9
Social rented20.7% · 150
Private rented19.1% · 138
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house30.0% · 217
Semi-detached house44.1% · 319
Terraced house18.1% · 131
Purpose-built flat3.5% · 25
Converted house1.1% · 8
Other conversion1.0% · 7
Above shop / office2.2% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016018
Constituency
South Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
28 of 72

Parishes in the ward

All StrettonBishop's CastleColebatchEdgtonLydbury NorthLydhamMoreMyndtownNorburyRatlinghopeSmethcottWentnorWoolstaston

Council offices in this ward

TBishops Castle Town Hall TrustTown hall · SY9 5BGTBishops Castle Town CouncilTown council · SY9 5BG

Other wards in the same constituency

BBridgnorth Castle35.2% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned4,345BBridgnorth East29.1% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned4,782BBridgnorth South & Alveley31.9% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned2,953BBridgnorth West & Tasley23.6% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned5,185BBroseley25.8% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned5,981BBrown Clee28.0% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned4,031BBurnell25.0% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,599CChirbury & Worthen26.7% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned6,080CClaverley & Worfield28.7% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned3,444CClee30.7% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned4,461CCleobury Mortimer25.1% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned3,501CClun36.3% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned4,638CCorvedale30.4% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned3,509CCraven Arms28.2% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned4,342

All 72 wards of Shropshire

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 1 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.