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Electoral wardE05016039

Highley ward, Shropshire

Highley is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,733 residents in 1,668 households — 586 people per km², the 51st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20213,733council ward average 4,494
Households1,6682.24 residents per household
Density586/ km²about 6.38 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+27.5%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 207
5–95.2% · 193
10–155.4% · 200
16–193.2% · 121
20–244.3% · 161
25–3411.1% · 414
35–4914.5% · 543
50–6423.2% · 866
65–7415.3% · 570
75–849.4% · 349
85+2.9% · 108

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.2% · 237
1 car or van42.4% · 708
2 cars or vans32.1% · 535
3 or more11.3% · 188
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.7% · 730
With mortgage24.3% · 405
Shared ownership1.3% · 21
Social rented16.1% · 269
Private rented14.6% · 243
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house33.9% · 563
Semi-detached house33.5% · 557
Terraced house24.4% · 406
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 29
Converted house0.4% · 7
Other conversion0.8% · 13
Above shop / office0.7% · 11
Caravan, mobile4.6% · 76
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016039
Constituency
South Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
32 of 72

Parishes in the ward

BillingsleyDeuxhillGlazeleyHighleyMiddleton Scriven

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% owned4,031BBurnell25.0% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,599CChirbury & 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% owned3,509

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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.