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Electoral wardE05016065

Severn Valley ward, Shropshire

Severn Valley is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,744 residents in 1,641 households — 43 people per km², the 50th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20213,744council ward average 4,494
Households1,6412.28 residents per household
Density43/ km²about 86.27 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+22.8%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 186
5–94.8% · 178
10–156.5% · 244
16–193.4% · 127
20–244.7% · 175
25–3411.7% · 437
35–4917.1% · 642
50–6424.0% · 900
65–7412.4% · 466
75–847.9% · 295
85+2.5% · 94

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.2% · 134
1 car or van36.5% · 599
2 cars or vans37.5% · 616
3 or more17.8% · 293
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.4% · 580
With mortgage30.0% · 492
Shared ownership0.9% · 14
Social rented13.7% · 225
Private rented20.1% · 329

Type of home

Detached house45.8% · 752
Semi-detached house34.0% · 559
Terraced house10.1% · 166
Purpose-built flat4.5% · 74
Converted house1.0% · 16
Other conversion1.8% · 30
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile2.6% · 42
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.