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Electoral wardE05016037

Ellesmere Urban ward, Shropshire

Ellesmere Urban is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,975 residents in 2,274 households — 242 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,975council ward average 4,494
Households2,2742.19 residents per household
Density242/ km²about 20.56 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+28.9%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 199
5–95.1% · 253
10–157.3% · 362
16–193.8% · 187
20–243.8% · 188
25–349.2% · 459
35–4916.1% · 799
50–6421.9% · 1,090
65–7413.1% · 652
75–849.1% · 453
85+6.7% · 336

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.2% · 345
1 car or van42.4% · 964
2 cars or vans31.9% · 725
3 or more10.6% · 240
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.9% · 1,042
With mortgage23.9% · 542
Shared ownership0.4% · 8
Social rented10.8% · 246
Private rented19.0% · 430
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house39.4% · 895
Semi-detached house35.7% · 810
Terraced house15.5% · 353
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 117
Converted house1.2% · 27
Other conversion0.9% · 21
Above shop / office1.9% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016037
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
34 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Ellesmere Urban

Other wards in the same constituency

LLlanymynech28.4% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned4,271MMarket Drayton East & Rural26.6% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned5,587MMarket Drayton North20.8% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned4,520MMarket Drayton South24.5% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned4,333OOswestry North25.1% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned4,406OOswestry North East26.1% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned4,808OOswestry South22.6% aged 65+ · 59.2% owned4,611OOswestry South East15.7% aged 65+ · 54.1% owned3,686PPrees27.3% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned4,689RRuyton & Baschurch21.3% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned3,597SSelattyn & Gobowen25.1% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,116SShawbury20.7% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned3,153SSt Martin's24.6% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned9,019SSt Oswald25.7% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned4,827

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.