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Electoral wardE05016026
Castlefields & Ditherington ward, Shropshire
Castlefields & Ditherington is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,581 residents in 2,593 households — 4,879 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Shrewsbury constituency.
Residents, 20215,581council ward average 4,494
Households2,5932.15 residents per household
Density4,879/ km²about 1.14 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+16.4%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 294
5–96.0% · 336
10–156.1% · 338
16–194.6% · 254
20–246.6% · 368
25–3416.9% · 943
35–4919.0% · 1,061
50–6419.2% · 1,073
65–749.1% · 506
75–845.6% · 310
85+1.7% · 97
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.2% · 756
1 car or van46.0% · 1,193
2 cars or vans20.4% · 530
3 or more4.4% · 114
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright28.7% · 744
With mortgage22.3% · 579
Shared ownership1.0% · 25
Social rented24.0% · 623
Private rented23.9% · 619
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house7.6% · 197
Semi-detached house37.8% · 981
Terraced house34.7% · 899
Purpose-built flat18.0% · 466
Converted house1.2% · 32
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016026- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Shrewsbury
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey30.9% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned5,590BBagley22.1% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned4,688BBattlefield12.3% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned5,333BBayston Hill28.5% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned5,219BBelle Vue23.5% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned4,658BBicton Heath21.6% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned3,614CChirbury & Worthen26.7% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned6,080CColumn & Sutton31.2% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned3,938CCopthorne23.4% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned5,110HHarlescott15.3% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned3,551LLongden27.5% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned5,428LLoton29.5% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned3,031MMeole21.1% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned3,171MMonkmoor21.9% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned4,088
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.