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Electoral wardE05016021

Bridgnorth South & Alveley ward, Shropshire

Bridgnorth South & Alveley is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,953 residents in 1,264 households — 66 people per km², the 70th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20212,953council ward average 4,494
Households1,2642.34 residents per household
Density66/ km²about 45.08 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+31.9%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 13.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.8% · 82
5–94.8% · 143
10–156.2% · 184
16–194.1% · 121
20–244.1% · 120
25–346.9% · 205
35–4915.8% · 466
50–6423.4% · 690
65–7416.4% · 485
75–8411.8% · 350
85+3.7% · 108

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.1% · 90
1 car or van35.3% · 447
2 cars or vans39.4% · 499
3 or more18.1% · 229
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.3% · 610
With mortgage25.9% · 327
Shared ownership0.6% · 8
Social rented11.0% · 139
Private rented13.7% · 173
Lives rent free0.4% · 5

Type of home

Detached house48.9% · 618
Semi-detached house38.4% · 486
Terraced house7.8% · 99
Purpose-built flat0.8% · 10
Converted house0.9% · 11
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 7
Caravan, mobile2.5% · 31
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016021
Constituency
South Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
54 of 72

Parishes in the ward

AlveleyBridgnorthQuatt MalvernRomsley

Other wards in the same constituency

BBishop's Castle32.0% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned1,501BBridgnorth Castle35.2% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned4,345BBridgnorth East29.1% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned4,782BBridgnorth 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.