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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006022

Shawbury & Weston

Shawbury & Weston is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,063 residents in Shropshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Shropshire
6,063

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,447

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Great Wishford, Woodford Valley & Porton, Wiltshire6,392 residents · 74.0% owned · 7.6% no carBlunham, Caldecote & Broom, Central Bedfordshire6,563 residents · 69.7% owned · 7.8% no carEggborough, Kellington & Smeaton, Selby8,833 residents · 79.2% owned · 6.9% no carStoke Golding, Higham & Fenny Drayton, Hinckley and Bosworth7,406 residents · 80.7% owned · 7.4% no carBrinklow, Wolvey & Churchover, Rugby7,525 residents · 76.5% owned · 6.9% no carBarrow, Chedburgh & Sicklesmere, West Suffolk9,731 residents · 76.2% owned · 7.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shawbury & Weston

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned69%
1,688 households
Private rented19.2%
469 households
Social rented10.5%
258 households
Shared ownership1.3%
32 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached58.3%
1,427 households
Semi-detached32.9%
806 households
Terraced6.5%
160 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
9 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
9 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.1%
955 households
1 car or van in household34.1%
834 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19.7%
481 households
No cars or vans in household7.1%
174 households
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.4%
1,061 households
4 or more bedrooms35%
857 households
2 bedrooms18%
440 households
1 bedroom3.6%
89 households
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.9%
1,787 households
One-person household22.5%
551 households
Other household types4.6%
114 households
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.5%
1,040 households
1 person in household22.4%
549 households
3 people in household15.7%
384 households
4 people in household13.5%
330 households
5 people in household4.1%
100 households
6 people in household1.2%
29 households
7 people in household0.4%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
951 residents
15–2915.5%
940 residents
30–4416.8%
1,021 residents
45–6429%
1,760 residents
65 and over22.9%
1,390 residents
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.6%
5,914 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
70 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
55 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
17 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
5 residents
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.5%
1,691 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.4%
1,028 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
721 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.2%
718 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
457 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.2%
311 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
122 residents aged 16 and over
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.8%
3,072 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.5%
1,893 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
84 residents aged 16 and over
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.6%
1,241 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.4%
728 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.3%
721 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.8%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
485 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
306 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
235 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
222 residents aged 16 and over
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.8%
3,019 residents
Good health34%
2,064 residents
Fair health12.2%
739 residents
Bad health3.2%
195 residents
Very bad health0.7%
45 residents
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.8%
5,080 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.2%
983 residents
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.2%
1,326 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
797 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.2%
275 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
49 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Shawbury & Weston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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