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Column & Sutton ward, Shropshire

Column & Sutton is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,938 residents in 1,924 households — 2,026 people per km², the 48th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Shrewsbury constituency.

Residents, 20213,938council ward average 4,494
Households1,9242.05 residents per household
Density2,026/ km²about 1.94 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+31.2%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 13.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.6% · 140
5–94.7% · 184
10–155.1% · 201
16–193.3% · 130
20–243.9% · 153
25–3410.2% · 400
35–4916.5% · 650
50–6421.7% · 854
65–7415.5% · 611
75–8411.0% · 434
85+4.6% · 183

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.5% · 395
1 car or van45.2% · 871
2 cars or vans26.2% · 504
3 or more8.1% · 155
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.3% · 852
With mortgage22.9% · 440
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented18.0% · 347
Private rented14.4% · 278
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house28.5% · 548
Semi-detached house42.7% · 822
Terraced house20.5% · 394
Purpose-built flat4.7% · 90
Converted house1.7% · 33
Other conversion1.7% · 32
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.