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Dawley & Aqueduct ward, Telford and Wrekin

Dawley & Aqueduct is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,825 residents in 3,626 households — 2,585 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Telford constituency.

Residents, 20217,825council ward average 5,798
Households3,6262.16 residents per household
Density2,585/ km²about 3.03 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+17.9%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 461
5–95.1% · 397
10–156.9% · 538
16–193.7% · 291
20–245.8% · 457
25–3413.8% · 1,077
35–4918.6% · 1,459
50–6422.3% · 1,747
65–7410.4% · 816
75–845.7% · 443
85+1.8% · 139

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.7% · 824
1 car or van44.0% · 1,595
2 cars or vans25.6% · 929
3 or more7.7% · 281
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.8% · 1,007
With mortgage25.8% · 934
Shared ownership0.8% · 30
Social rented22.4% · 811
Private rented23.0% · 832
Lives rent free0.2% · 7

Type of home

Detached house25.5% · 925
Semi-detached house35.2% · 1,278
Terraced house23.9% · 867
Purpose-built flat13.4% · 486
Converted house0.9% · 34
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.7% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.