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Electoral wardE05016019
Bridgnorth Castle ward, Shropshire
Bridgnorth Castle is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,345 residents in 2,021 households — 847 people per km², the 40th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.
Residents, 20214,345council ward average 4,494
Households2,0212.15 residents per household
Density847/ km²about 5.13 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+35.2%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 12.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.7% · 119
5–94.4% · 193
10–155.6% · 244
16–193.9% · 169
20–243.8% · 166
25–346.5% · 284
35–4915.3% · 663
50–6422.5% · 976
65–7415.9% · 692
75–8412.9% · 559
85+6.4% · 278
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.4% · 332
1 car or van38.8% · 784
2 cars or vans31.7% · 640
3 or more13.2% · 266
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright50.1% · 1,011
With mortgage25.8% · 520
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented5.7% · 115
Private rented18.2% · 368
Type of home
Detached house45.1% · 911
Semi-detached house22.3% · 450
Terraced house16.2% · 328
Purpose-built flat10.8% · 219
Converted house1.9% · 38
Other conversion1.5% · 30
Above shop / office2.1% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016019- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Bridgnorth
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBishop's Castle32.0% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned1,501BBridgnorth 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
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.