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Electoral wardE05016064

Selattyn & Gobowen ward, Shropshire

Selattyn & Gobowen is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,116 residents in 1,717 households — 129 people per km², the 44th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,116council ward average 4,494
Households1,7172.4 residents per household
Density129/ km²about 31.91 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+25.1%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 210
5–95.1% · 210
10–156.5% · 268
16–193.9% · 160
20–245.6% · 231
25–3411.2% · 459
35–4915.5% · 638
50–6422.0% · 905
65–7413.0% · 537
75–848.4% · 347
85+3.7% · 151

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.2% · 227
1 car or van38.6% · 663
2 cars or vans33.0% · 567
3 or more15.2% · 262
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.1% · 724
With mortgage29.3% · 503
Shared ownership0.9% · 16
Social rented15.3% · 262
Private rented12.2% · 210
Lives rent free0.2% · 3

Type of home

Detached house40.2% · 690
Semi-detached house41.1% · 705
Terraced house12.6% · 216
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 75
Converted house1.1% · 19
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016064
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
42 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Selattyn and Gobowen

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% owned3,686PPrees27.3% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned4,689RRuyton & Baschurch21.3% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned3,597SShawbury20.7% 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.