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Bridgnorth West & Tasley ward, Shropshire

Bridgnorth West & Tasley is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,185 residents in 2,299 households — 80 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20215,185council ward average 4,494
Households2,2992.26 residents per household
Density80/ km²about 64.89 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+23.6%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 248
5–95.7% · 298
10–156.1% · 317
16–193.9% · 201
20–244.1% · 213
25–3410.8% · 558
35–4917.8% · 923
50–6423.2% · 1,201
65–7412.4% · 644
75–848.6% · 446
85+2.6% · 135

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.3% · 306
1 car or van38.6% · 886
2 cars or vans33.5% · 770
3 or more14.5% · 334
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.9% · 895
With mortgage26.6% · 612
Shared ownership1.0% · 24
Social rented16.4% · 377
Private rented17.0% · 392
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house33.4% · 769
Semi-detached house39.8% · 916
Terraced house12.4% · 285
Purpose-built flat11.9% · 274
Converted house1.0% · 22
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.6% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 12
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.