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Electoral wardE05016049

Market Drayton South ward, Shropshire

Market Drayton South is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,333 residents in 1,890 households — 2,358 people per km², the 42nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,333council ward average 4,494
Households1,8902.29 residents per household
Density2,358/ km²about 1.84 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+24.5%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 211
5–95.2% · 224
10–157.1% · 308
16–193.6% · 156
20–244.8% · 209
25–3410.7% · 466
35–4916.4% · 709
50–6422.8% · 988
65–7413.2% · 573
75–848.5% · 370
85+2.8% · 121

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.3% · 270
1 car or van42.4% · 802
2 cars or vans33.2% · 627
3 or more10.1% · 191
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.0% · 814
With mortgage28.8% · 545
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented12.9% · 244
Private rented15.0% · 284

Type of home

Detached house35.4% · 670
Semi-detached house46.3% · 876
Terraced house11.5% · 218
Purpose-built flat3.7% · 70
Converted house1.1% · 21
Other conversion0.7% · 14
Above shop / office0.8% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016049
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
13 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 North20.8% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned4,520OOswestry 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.