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Electoral wardE05016082

Whittington ward, Shropshire

Whittington is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,439 residents in 1,833 households — 91 people per km², the 36th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,439council ward average 4,494
Households1,8332.42 residents per household
Density91/ km²about 48.83 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+24.5%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 212
5–95.4% · 240
10–157.2% · 322
16–194.3% · 193
20–244.3% · 192
25–349.9% · 441
35–4917.3% · 770
50–6422.1% · 983
65–7414.0% · 621
75–847.7% · 344
85+2.8% · 124

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.7% · 159
1 car or van36.4% · 668
2 cars or vans35.4% · 650
3 or more19.5% · 357
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright43.7% · 803
With mortgage29.5% · 541
Shared ownership0.8% · 15
Social rented11.8% · 217
Private rented14.2% · 260
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house52.3% · 958
Semi-detached house34.0% · 624
Terraced house10.5% · 193
Purpose-built flat1.9% · 35
Converted house0.5% · 10
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016082
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
46 of 72

Parishes in the ward

West FeltonWhittington

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.