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Electoral wardE05016075
The Meres ward, Shropshire
The Meres is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,128 residents in 1,302 households — 45 people per km², the 67th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.
Residents, 20213,128council ward average 4,494
Households1,3022.4 residents per household
Density45/ km²about 69.05 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+25.6%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 115
5–94.4% · 138
10–157.0% · 220
16–193.5% · 109
20–244.4% · 137
25–346.7% · 211
35–4915.6% · 489
50–6429.0% · 908
65–7414.4% · 451
75–848.8% · 274
85+2.5% · 77
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.5% · 71
1 car or van31.2% · 406
2 cars or vans38.9% · 507
3 or more24.4% · 318
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright48.0% · 624
With mortgage30.5% · 396
Shared ownership0.6% · 8
Social rented8.3% · 108
Private rented12.5% · 163
Type of home
Detached house64.3% · 838
Semi-detached house25.9% · 338
Terraced house8.1% · 106
Purpose-built flat0.2% · 2
Converted house0.7% · 9
Other conversion0.7% · 9
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016075- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 64 of 72
Parishes in the ward
CockshuttLoppingtonMyddle, Broughton and Harmer HillPettonWelshampton and Lyneal
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 Martin's24.6% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned9,019
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.