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Shawbury ward, Shropshire

Shawbury is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,153 residents in 1,226 households — 78 people per km², the 66th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20213,153council ward average 4,494
Households1,2262.57 residents per household
Density78/ km²about 40.47 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+20.7%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 18.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 191
5–96.4% · 201
10–156.1% · 191
16–193.8% · 121
20–245.9% · 185
25–3413.3% · 418
35–4918.2% · 575
50–6419.5% · 616
65–7411.0% · 346
75–846.9% · 216
85+2.9% · 91

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.0% · 98
1 car or van38.2% · 468
2 cars or vans37.2% · 455
3 or more16.6% · 203
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.9% · 416
With mortgage28.6% · 351
Shared ownership1.4% · 17
Social rented14.9% · 183
Private rented21.1% · 259

Type of home

Detached house49.5% · 606
Semi-detached house40.5% · 496
Terraced house6.8% · 83
Purpose-built flat1.8% · 22
Converted house0.4% · 5
Other conversion0.3% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 5
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.