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Electoral wardE05016062

Rea Valley ward, Shropshire

Rea Valley is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,970 residents in 1,706 households — 164 people per km², the 47th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Shrewsbury constituency.

Residents, 20213,970council ward average 4,494
Households1,7062.33 residents per household
Density164/ km²about 24.25 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+28.0%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 167
5–95.1% · 204
10–157.5% · 299
16–194.0% · 159
20–244.0% · 159
25–3410.5% · 417
35–4915.7% · 624
50–6420.8% · 826
65–7414.4% · 572
75–849.7% · 383
85+3.9% · 156

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.9% · 203
1 car or van39.3% · 670
2 cars or vans33.3% · 567
3 or more15.5% · 265
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright41.9% · 714
With mortgage26.7% · 456
Shared ownership1.4% · 24
Social rented16.6% · 284
Private rented13.2% · 226
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house43.5% · 740
Semi-detached house36.4% · 620
Terraced house11.8% · 201
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 107
Converted house0.6% · 10
Other conversion0.4% · 7
Above shop / office0.8% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016062
Constituency
Shrewsbury
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
39 of 72

Parishes in the ward

MinsterleyPontesbury

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

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.