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Electoral wardE05016058
Porthill ward, Shropshire
Porthill is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,698 residents in 1,457 households — 2,350 people per km², the 52nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Shrewsbury constituency.
Residents, 20213,698council ward average 4,494
Households1,4572.54 residents per household
Density2,350/ km²about 1.57 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+18.9%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 130
5–95.2% · 193
10–1510.9% · 403
16–1911.3% · 419
20–243.8% · 139
25–349.7% · 359
35–4916.6% · 616
50–6420.0% · 742
65–749.9% · 365
75–845.9% · 217
85+3.2% · 118
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.6% · 315
1 car or van43.5% · 634
2 cars or vans27.5% · 400
3 or more7.3% · 107
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright35.4% · 516
With mortgage25.0% · 364
Shared ownership0.4% · 6
Social rented11.6% · 169
Private rented27.6% · 402
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house21.0% · 306
Semi-detached house29.7% · 433
Terraced house22.5% · 329
Purpose-built flat18.0% · 262
Converted house5.3% · 77
Other conversion1.8% · 26
Above shop / office1.8% · 26
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016058- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Shrewsbury
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% owned3,551LLongden27.5% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned5,428LLoton29.5% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned3,031MMeole21.1% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned3,171
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.