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Electoral wardE05015220

Ironbridge Gorge ward, Telford and Wrekin

Ironbridge Gorge is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,647 residents in 1,712 households — 587 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Telford constituency.

Residents, 20213,647council ward average 5,798
Households1,7122.13 residents per household
Density587/ km²about 6.22 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+23.2%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 12.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.8% · 101
5–93.9% · 143
10–155.6% · 204
16–193.4% · 123
20–243.6% · 130
25–349.2% · 334
35–4918.9% · 689
50–6429.5% · 1,073
65–7414.0% · 511
75–846.9% · 250
85+2.3% · 85

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.3% · 210
1 car or van40.2% · 688
2 cars or vans35.1% · 601
3 or more12.4% · 213
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.5% · 693
With mortgage33.4% · 572
Shared ownership0.7% · 12
Social rented10.3% · 177
Private rented15.0% · 257
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house37.9% · 648
Semi-detached house34.2% · 586
Terraced house18.0% · 308
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 89
Converted house1.2% · 20
Other conversion2.5% · 43
Above shop / office1.1% · 18
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015220
Constituency
Telford
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
27 of 32

Parishes in the ward

MadeleyThe Gorge

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrookside10.3% aged 65+ · 36.6% owned4,732DDawley & Aqueduct17.9% aged 65+ · 53.6% owned7,825DDonnington13.8% aged 65+ · 46.2% owned6,563HHorsehay & Lightmoor15.2% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned5,498KKetley17.6% aged 65+ · 55.6% owned3,622LLawley6.4% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned8,063MMadeley & Sutton Hill21.4% aged 65+ · 49.6% owned10,121MMalinslee & Dawley Bank13.7% aged 65+ · 42.5% owned8,726OOakengates & Ketley Bank15.6% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned9,948OOverdale & The Rock10.7% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned2,719PPriorslee15.7% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned5,794SSt Georges18.8% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned8,106TThe Nedge17.2% aged 65+ · 56.3% owned11,838WWoodside11.0% aged 65+ · 34.9% owned7,597

All 32 wards of Telford and Wrekin

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.