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Arleston & College ward, Telford and Wrekin

Arleston & College is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,323 residents in 2,869 households — 2,959 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the The Wrekin constituency.

Residents, 20217,323council ward average 5,798
Households2,8692.55 residents per household
Density2,959/ km²about 2.47 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+15.4%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 455
5–97.1% · 517
10–158.2% · 599
16–195.6% · 413
20–245.7% · 421
25–3414.1% · 1,030
35–4919.5% · 1,429
50–6418.2% · 1,335
65–748.9% · 652
75–845.0% · 367
85+1.5% · 107

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.1% · 720
1 car or van43.5% · 1,249
2 cars or vans23.3% · 667
3 or more8.1% · 232
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Telford and Wrekin overall: 59.9% owned, 18.0% social rented, 21.2% private rented.

Owned outright26.8% · 768
With mortgage24.7% · 708
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented20.9% · 601
Private rented27.3% · 783
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house22.4% · 641
Semi-detached house44.6% · 1,280
Terraced house16.6% · 476
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 376
Converted house1.5% · 44
Other conversion0.8% · 24
Above shop / office0.9% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.