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Electoral wardE05016070

St Martin's ward, Shropshire

St Martin's is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,019 residents in 3,740 households — 83 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20219,019council ward average 4,494
Households3,7402.41 residents per household
Density83/ km²about 108.14 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+24.6%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 427
5–94.3% · 385
10–157.7% · 692
16–195.4% · 491
20–244.0% · 361
25–349.5% · 861
35–4915.6% · 1,409
50–6424.1% · 2,170
65–7414.6% · 1,318
75–847.8% · 699
85+2.3% · 204

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.9% · 371
1 car or van35.9% · 1,343
2 cars or vans36.0% · 1,348
3 or more18.1% · 678
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.7% · 1,707
With mortgage27.0% · 1,007
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented12.8% · 477
Private rented14.2% · 529
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house49.2% · 1,836
Semi-detached house35.9% · 1,342
Terraced house10.4% · 390
Purpose-built flat3.0% · 111
Converted house0.6% · 23
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 13
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016070
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
47 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Ellesmere RuralSt. Martin'sWeston Rhyn

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% owned3,597SSelattyn & Gobowen25.1% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,116SShawbury20.7% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned3,153SSt 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.