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Electoral wardE05016042

Longden ward, Shropshire

Longden is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,428 residents in 2,347 households — 66 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Shrewsbury constituency.

Residents, 20215,428council ward average 4,494
Households2,3472.31 residents per household
Density66/ km²about 81.62 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+27.5%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 230
5–95.3% · 288
10–156.6% · 360
16–193.5% · 189
20–244.1% · 220
25–349.1% · 496
35–4915.4% · 837
50–6424.2% · 1,312
65–7414.5% · 786
75–849.7% · 529
85+3.3% · 179

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.9% · 208
1 car or van33.4% · 785
2 cars or vans38.7% · 908
3 or more19.1% · 448
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright48.6% · 1,139
With mortgage27.7% · 649
Shared ownership1.1% · 26
Social rented11.5% · 270
Private rented11.0% · 257
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house58.7% · 1,376
Semi-detached house28.4% · 667
Terraced house8.1% · 190
Purpose-built flat3.0% · 71
Converted house0.3% · 8
Other conversion0.9% · 20
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016042
Constituency
Shrewsbury
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
53 of 72

Parishes in the ward

FordGreat HanwoodLongdenPontesbury

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% owned3,614CCastlefields & Ditherington16.4% aged 65+ · 51.0% owned5,581CChirbury & 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% owned3,551LLoton29.5% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned3,031MMeole21.1% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned3,171MMonkmoor21.9% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned4,088

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