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Electoral wardE05016081

Whitchurch West ward, Shropshire

Whitchurch West is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,626 residents in 1,601 households — 683 people per km², the 54th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20213,626council ward average 4,494
Households1,6012.26 residents per household
Density683/ km²about 5.31 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+24.5%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 175
5–94.9% · 176
10–157.3% · 263
16–193.8% · 137
20–244.5% · 163
25–3410.7% · 387
35–4917.8% · 645
50–6421.8% · 791
65–7411.5% · 418
75–848.6% · 313
85+4.4% · 158

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.8% · 268
1 car or van42.6% · 681
2 cars or vans30.5% · 488
3 or more10.2% · 163
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.9% · 654
With mortgage26.1% · 418
Shared ownership0.7% · 11
Social rented14.6% · 234
Private rented17.6% · 281
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house34.4% · 551
Semi-detached house31.9% · 511
Terraced house24.2% · 388
Purpose-built flat7.9% · 127
Converted house0.6% · 9
Other conversion0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016081
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
30 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.