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Electoral wardE05016047

Market Drayton East & Rural ward, Shropshire

Market Drayton East & Rural is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,587 residents in 2,441 households — 213 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20215,587council ward average 4,494
Households2,4412.29 residents per household
Density213/ km²about 26.27 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+26.6%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 313
5–95.7% · 318
10–156.5% · 364
16–193.6% · 203
20–244.9% · 275
25–349.5% · 529
35–4918.6% · 1,037
50–6419.0% · 1,061
65–7413.5% · 753
75–8410.4% · 582
85+2.8% · 154

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.6% · 429
1 car or van40.7% · 993
2 cars or vans29.6% · 723
3 or more12.2% · 297
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.0% · 974
With mortgage22.9% · 557
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented18.5% · 450
Private rented18.0% · 439
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house43.6% · 1,065
Semi-detached house28.7% · 700
Terraced house16.0% · 390
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 177
Converted house1.2% · 30
Other conversion1.6% · 39
Above shop / office1.6% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016047
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
35 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Market DraytonNorton in HalesWoore

Other wards in the same constituency

EEllesmere Urban28.9% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned4,975LLlanymynech28.4% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned4,271MMarket 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.