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Electoral wardE05016069
Shifnal South ward, Shropshire
Shifnal South is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,405 residents in 1,949 households — 202 people per km², the 39th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the The Wrekin constituency.
Residents, 20214,405council ward average 4,494
Households1,9492.26 residents per household
Density202/ km²about 21.85 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+18.7%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 247
5–95.7% · 252
10–156.5% · 287
16–193.5% · 155
20–244.4% · 192
25–3414.7% · 645
35–4920.1% · 885
50–6420.8% · 915
65–749.6% · 424
75–846.6% · 290
85+2.5% · 109
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.7% · 208
1 car or van40.2% · 783
2 cars or vans38.6% · 752
3 or more10.5% · 205
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright32.2% · 628
With mortgage39.9% · 778
Shared ownership1.7% · 33
Social rented10.8% · 211
Private rented15.3% · 298
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house45.9% · 894
Semi-detached house29.8% · 581
Terraced house14.8% · 289
Purpose-built flat6.1% · 118
Converted house0.7% · 13
Other conversion1.4% · 28
Above shop / office1.2% · 24
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016069- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 36 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Shifnal
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.