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Electoral wardE05016076
The Strettons ward, Shropshire
The Strettons is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,592 residents in 2,254 households — 147 people per km², the 30th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Shropshire constituency.
Residents, 20214,592council ward average 4,494
Households2,2542.04 residents per household
Density147/ km²about 31.32 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+43.7%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 10.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.0% · 93
5–93.0% · 138
10–155.1% · 236
16–193.2% · 145
20–243.0% · 140
25–345.6% · 259
35–4910.9% · 501
50–6423.3% · 1,072
65–7419.7% · 904
75–8415.8% · 725
85+8.3% · 380
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.8% · 401
1 car or van44.5% · 1,003
2 cars or vans26.5% · 598
3 or more11.2% · 252
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright60.9% · 1,374
With mortgage14.7% · 332
Shared ownership1.1% · 25
Social rented10.9% · 245
Private rented12.4% · 280
Type of home
Detached house53.5% · 1,207
Semi-detached house24.0% · 541
Terraced house9.0% · 203
Purpose-built flat9.2% · 208
Converted house1.5% · 34
Other conversion1.2% · 28
Above shop / office1.4% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016076- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 40 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Church Stretton
Other wards in the same constituency
BBishop's Castle32.0% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned1,501BBridgnorth Castle35.2% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned4,345BBridgnorth East29.1% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned4,782BBridgnorth South & Alveley31.9% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned2,953BBridgnorth West & Tasley23.6% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned5,185BBroseley25.8% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned5,981BBrown Clee28.0% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned4,031BBurnell25.0% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,599CChirbury & Worthen26.7% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned6,080CClaverley & Worfield28.7% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned3,444CClee30.7% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned4,461CCleobury Mortimer25.1% aged 65+ · 69.5% owned3,501CClun36.3% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned4,638CCorvedale30.4% aged 65+ · 68.0% owned3,509
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.