Electoral wardE05016078
Wem ward, Shropshire
Wem is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,587 residents in 4,119 households — 116 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.
Residents, 20219,587council ward average 4,494
Households4,1192.33 residents per household
Density116/ km²about 82.72 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+25.6%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 398
5–94.5% · 434
10–156.6% · 633
16–196.0% · 573
20–245.2% · 495
25–348.8% · 841
35–4916.3% · 1,567
50–6422.9% · 2,193
65–7413.3% · 1,275
75–849.0% · 862
85+3.3% · 318
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.8% · 528
1 car or van39.2% · 1,613
2 cars or vans31.7% · 1,305
3 or more16.3% · 673
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright45.8% · 1,884
With mortgage26.4% · 1,085
Shared ownership0.6% · 25
Social rented11.2% · 461
Private rented16.0% · 658
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house49.9% · 2,054
Semi-detached house28.4% · 1,171
Terraced house12.3% · 507
Purpose-built flat6.2% · 254
Converted house0.8% · 33
Other conversion1.1% · 46
Above shop / office1.0% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016078- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- North Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 43 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Wem RuralWem UrbanWhixall
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.