The population of Shropshire is 323,607 compared to England, which has a population of 59,597,542. While the male population in Shropshire is 163,923, and the female population is 159,683. In England, the male population is 28,833,712 and the female population is 27,656,336, according to the 2021 census.
According to the latest 2021 census, The main ethnicity of the people in the immediate area is White: English, with a total of 301,918, followed by White: Other White, with a total of 8,945. As compared to the population in England, the main ethnicities were White: English(41,540,791) followed by Asian: Indian(1,843,248) and Asian: Pakistani(1,570,285). In terms of religion, most people mentioned Christian (179,516), followed by No religion (119,573), whereas, in England, the main religion was Christian(26,167,899), Muslim(3,801,186), and Hindu(1,020,533). While 20,715,664 mentioned 'No Religion' and 3,400,548 did not answer
As for deprivation, most of the area is not deprived in any dimension (70,872), followed by at least deprived in one dimension (47,508). While in England, 11,349,743 households are not deprived in any dimension, and 7,842,690 households are deprived in one dimension.
Most people in the Shropshire area mentioned they are Employee: Full-time (84,664), while 77,553 adults mentioned they are Retired.
Regarding education, 88,502 adults have Level 3 education, while 40,900 have Level 1 and entry level education. The most common occupations in the Shropshire area are
The average age of people living in Shropshire is 46 years old. The top three age distributions are: Between 55 to 64 (48501), Below 14 (47918), and Between 45 to 54 (44288). The median age in England and Wales was 40 years as per the 2021 census.
The NS-SEC defines and measures social class and is considered a reliable indicator of a person's class status. As per the 2021 census, most of the population in Shropshire has Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations (58,532) followed by Small employers and own account workers (37,835), and Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (33,935). In England, Most of the population(9,172,372) have Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations, followed by Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations(6,092,791)
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The postcode district DY, WV, SY, LD, CW, WR, TF, LL are associated with the Shropshire, and there are total 33 postcode areas (listed below). The Shropshire has a total of 12556 postcodes overall.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Area | Shropshire |
| Ward | Abbey Albrighton Alveley and Claverley Bagley Battlefield Bayston Hill, Column and Sutton Belle Vue Bishop's Castle Bowbrook Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts Bridgnorth West and Tasley Broseley Brown Clee Burnell Castlefields and Ditherington Cheswardine Chirbury and Worthen Church Stretton and Craven Arms Clee Cleobury Mortimer Clun Copthorne Corvedale Ellesmere Urban Gobowen, Selattyn and Weston Rhyn Harlescott Highley Hodnet Llanymynech Longden Loton Ludlow East Ludlow North Ludlow South Market Drayton East Market Drayton West Meole Monkmoor Much Wenlock Oswestry East Oswestry South Oswestry West Porthill Prees Quarry and Coton Hill Radbrook Rea Valley Ruyton and Baschurch Severn Valley Shawbury Shifnal North Shifnal South and Cosford St Martin's St Oswald Sundorne Tern The Meres Underdale Wem Whitchurch North Whitchurch South Whittington Worfield |
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| UTLA22 | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |