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Electoral wardE05016023

Broseley ward, Shropshire

Broseley is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,981 residents in 2,598 households — 183 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20215,981council ward average 4,494
Households2,5982.3 residents per household
Density183/ km²about 32.72 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+25.8%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 309
5–95.0% · 297
10–156.7% · 398
16–193.4% · 205
20–243.4% · 206
25–349.6% · 574
35–4916.7% · 1,001
50–6424.1% · 1,443
65–7415.2% · 911
75–848.1% · 484
85+2.5% · 150

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.4% · 349
1 car or van40.8% · 1,060
2 cars or vans31.5% · 820
3 or more14.3% · 372
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.1% · 1,042
With mortgage25.2% · 655
Shared ownership0.9% · 24
Social rented16.5% · 428
Private rented17.1% · 444
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house38.7% · 1,005
Semi-detached house37.6% · 977
Terraced house15.3% · 398
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 126
Converted house0.7% · 19
Other conversion1.2% · 32
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 29
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016023
Constituency
South Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
38 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Broseley

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 South & Alveley31.9% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned2,953BBridgnorth West & Tasley23.6% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned5,185BBrown 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.