Electoral wardE05016059
Prees ward, Shropshire
Prees is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,689 residents in 1,956 households — 47 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.
Residents, 20214,689council ward average 4,494
Households1,9562.4 residents per household
Density47/ km²about 100.19 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+27.3%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 14.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 176
5–94.5% · 211
10–156.1% · 284
16–193.9% · 181
20–244.3% · 200
25–348.5% · 398
35–4915.5% · 727
50–6426.2% · 1,227
65–7414.5% · 679
75–849.5% · 445
85+3.4% · 157
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.3% · 124
1 car or van32.8% · 642
2 cars or vans37.8% · 741
3 or more23.1% · 453
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright47.3% · 926
With mortgage27.4% · 537
Shared ownership0.6% · 11
Social rented8.2% · 160
Private rented16.5% · 322
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house63.8% · 1,250
Semi-detached house27.0% · 528
Terraced house5.2% · 101
Purpose-built flat0.8% · 15
Converted house0.7% · 14
Other conversion0.6% · 12
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 31
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016059- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 62 of 72
Parishes in the ward
AdderleyMoreton SayPrees
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% owned4,520MMarket 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% owned3,686RRuyton & 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
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.