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Muxton ward, Telford and Wrekin

Muxton is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,387 residents in 2,949 households — 694 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the The Wrekin constituency.

Residents, 20217,387council ward average 5,798
Households2,9492.5 residents per household
Density694/ km²about 10.64 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+18.3%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 317
5–95.9% · 437
10–158.6% · 637
16–194.8% · 356
20–245.6% · 414
25–3410.6% · 784
35–4919.9% · 1,472
50–6421.9% · 1,616
65–749.7% · 719
75–846.5% · 483
85+2.1% · 153

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.1% · 326
1 car or van39.4% · 1,162
2 cars or vans35.8% · 1,057
3 or more13.7% · 405
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.6% · 1,048
With mortgage36.0% · 1,061
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented13.5% · 399
Private rented14.6% · 429
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house40.8% · 1,203
Semi-detached house38.7% · 1,142
Terraced house13.1% · 386
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 120
Converted house0.2% · 7
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile2.6% · 77
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.