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Electoral wardE05016048

Market Drayton North ward, Shropshire

Market Drayton North is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,520 residents in 1,944 households — 3,645 people per km², the 34th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,520council ward average 4,494
Households1,9442.33 residents per household
Density3,645/ km²about 1.24 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+20.8%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 248
5–96.0% · 273
10–157.5% · 337
16–194.4% · 201
20–244.8% · 217
25–3412.6% · 570
35–4919.0% · 861
50–6419.3% · 874
65–7410.0% · 450
75–848.1% · 366
85+2.8% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.3% · 297
1 car or van42.2% · 821
2 cars or vans31.8% · 618
3 or more10.7% · 209
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.9% · 679
With mortgage32.9% · 641
Shared ownership1.2% · 23
Social rented14.2% · 276
Private rented16.8% · 327
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house37.0% · 719
Semi-detached house36.3% · 705
Terraced house16.8% · 326
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 140
Converted house0.9% · 17
Other conversion0.3% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 27
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016048
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
3 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Market Drayton

Other wards in the same constituency

EEllesmere Urban28.9% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned4,975LLlanymynech28.4% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned4,271MMarket Drayton East & Rural26.6% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned5,587MMarket 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.