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Electoral wardE05016025

Burnell ward, Shropshire

Burnell is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,599 residents in 2,212 households — 33 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20215,599council ward average 4,494
Households2,2122.53 residents per household
Density33/ km²about 170.70 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+25.0%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.7% · 205
5–95.1% · 287
10–156.8% · 379
16–195.8% · 327
20–244.4% · 245
25–347.6% · 426
35–4916.9% · 948
50–6424.7% · 1,385
65–7413.8% · 775
75–848.8% · 492
85+2.4% · 137

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.4% · 120
1 car or van32.1% · 709
2 cars or vans39.3% · 870
3 or more23.2% · 512
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.1% · 1,063
With mortgage26.3% · 581
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented6.5% · 144
Private rented18.4% · 406
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house62.6% · 1,385
Semi-detached house25.4% · 561
Terraced house7.8% · 172
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 38
Converted house0.6% · 14
Other conversion0.7% · 15
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 22
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016025
Constituency
South Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
68 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Acton BurnellChurch PreenChurch PulverbatchCondoverFrodesleyHughleyKenleyLeebotwoodLongnorPitchfordRuckley and Langley

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% owned5,185BBroseley25.8% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned5,981BBrown Clee28.0% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned4,031CChirbury & 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.