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Electoral wardE05016028

Chirbury & Worthen ward, Shropshire

Chirbury & Worthen is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,080 residents in 2,471 households — 22 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Shrewsbury and South Shropshire constituencies.

Residents, 20216,080council ward average 4,494
Households2,4712.46 residents per household
Density22/ km²about 272.65 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+26.7%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 245
5–95.1% · 313
10–155.4% · 329
16–194.8% · 291
20–243.9% · 236
25–348.5% · 519
35–4915.2% · 923
50–6426.3% · 1,601
65–7415.6% · 951
75–848.6% · 526
85+2.4% · 148

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.1% · 127
1 car or van33.0% · 814
2 cars or vans38.1% · 940
3 or more23.8% · 589
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.7% · 1,202
With mortgage23.2% · 573
Shared ownership0.5% · 12
Social rented8.1% · 200
Private rented19.5% · 481

Type of home

Detached house69.6% · 1,718
Semi-detached house19.8% · 489
Terraced house6.8% · 168
Purpose-built flat1.3% · 32
Converted house0.7% · 17
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.8% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 16
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016028
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
70 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Chirbury with BromptonWestburyWorthen with Shelve

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% owned3,614BBishop'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% owned4,031BBurnell25.0% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,599

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.