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Electoral wardE05016020

Bridgnorth East ward, Shropshire

Bridgnorth East is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,782 residents in 2,267 households — 945 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,782council ward average 4,494
Households2,2672.11 residents per household
Density945/ km²about 5.06 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+29.1%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.8% · 183
5–94.2% · 199
10–155.7% · 274
16–193.4% · 161
20–243.9% · 189
25–349.9% · 476
35–4915.4% · 738
50–6424.6% · 1,175
65–7415.6% · 746
75–8410.6% · 505
85+2.9% · 140

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.1% · 366
1 car or van44.0% · 998
2 cars or vans28.9% · 656
3 or more10.9% · 247
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.5% · 964
With mortgage26.4% · 598
Shared ownership0.5% · 11
Social rented12.1% · 275
Private rented18.3% · 414
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house19.9% · 451
Semi-detached house37.2% · 844
Terraced house28.4% · 644
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 142
Converted house1.2% · 28
Other conversion1.8% · 41
Above shop / office2.0% · 45
Caravan, mobile3.3% · 75
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016020
Constituency
South Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
26 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Bridgnorth

Other wards in the same constituency

BBishop's Castle32.0% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned1,501BBridgnorth Castle35.2% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned4,345BBridgnorth 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.