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Electoral wardE05015231

Overdale & The Rock ward, Telford and Wrekin

Overdale & The Rock is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,719 residents in 1,067 households — 1,448 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Telford constituency.

Residents, 20212,719council ward average 5,798
Households1,0672.55 residents per household
Density1,448/ km²about 1.88 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+10.7%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 161
5–97.1% · 193
10–158.9% · 242
16–195.4% · 148
20–246.7% · 183
25–3414.1% · 384
35–4920.7% · 562
50–6420.5% · 557
65–747.8% · 211
75–842.5% · 67
85+0.4% · 12

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.3% · 174
1 car or van40.9% · 436
2 cars or vans30.3% · 323
3 or more12.4% · 132
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.8% · 274
With mortgage34.4% · 366
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented15.1% · 160
Private rented24.6% · 261

Type of home

Detached house41.2% · 439
Semi-detached house31.5% · 335
Terraced house20.8% · 222
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 55
Converted house0.4% · 4
Other conversion0.4% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015231
Constituency
Telford
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
23 of 32

Parishes in the ward

Lawley and Overdale

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% owned5,498IIronbridge Gorge23.2% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned3,647KKetley17.6% 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% owned9,948PPriorslee15.7% 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.