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Electoral wardE05016079

Whitchurch North ward, Shropshire

Whitchurch North is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,151 residents in 2,378 households — 283 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20215,151council ward average 4,494
Households2,3782.17 residents per household
Density283/ km²about 18.18 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+24.7%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 234
5–95.0% · 259
10–156.3% · 325
16–193.5% · 178
20–244.8% · 246
25–3412.3% · 631
35–4916.0% · 824
50–6422.9% · 1,176
65–7413.2% · 680
75–848.0% · 414
85+3.5% · 179

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.2% · 432
1 car or van43.5% · 1,034
2 cars or vans29.2% · 693
3 or more9.1% · 217
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.2% · 933
With mortgage24.1% · 573
Shared ownership0.7% · 17
Social rented12.4% · 294
Private rented23.5% · 560
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house34.0% · 809
Semi-detached house28.0% · 666
Terraced house20.4% · 486
Purpose-built flat11.3% · 268
Converted house1.9% · 46
Other conversion1.9% · 44
Above shop / office1.7% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 17
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016079
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
33 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Whitchurch Urban

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

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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.