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Electoral wardE05015238

Wrockwardine Wood & Trench ward, Telford and Wrekin

Wrockwardine Wood & Trench is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,779 residents in 2,877 households — 2,607 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Telford constituency.

Residents, 20216,779council ward average 5,798
Households2,8772.36 residents per household
Density2,607/ km²about 2.60 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+21.7%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 406
5–95.7% · 386
10–156.3% · 427
16–193.9% · 264
20–245.2% · 355
25–3413.2% · 892
35–4917.6% · 1,194
50–6420.4% · 1,383
65–7411.6% · 784
75–847.9% · 533
85+2.2% · 152

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.4% · 529
1 car or van45.6% · 1,314
2 cars or vans26.9% · 774
3 or more9.2% · 264
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright38.6% · 1,111
With mortgage25.6% · 736
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented15.9% · 458
Private rented19.6% · 564
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house19.3% · 556
Semi-detached house65.3% · 1,884
Terraced house11.1% · 321
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 89
Converted house0.2% · 7
Other conversion0.5% · 13
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015238
Constituency
Telford
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
12 of 32

Parishes in the ward

OakengatesWrockwardine Wood and Trench

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% owned9,948OOverdale & 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% owned11,838

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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.