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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006032

Shrewsbury Monkmoor

Shrewsbury Monkmoor is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,654 residents in Shropshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Shropshire
8,654

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,700

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,803.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.9%

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.

Sawley, Erewash9,388 residents · 69.5% owned · 19.5% no carVictoria Park, Halton8,405 residents · 67.1% owned · 23.5% no carScawthorpe, Doncaster7,748 residents · 70.1% owned · 21.5% no carStockwood, Bristol, City of11,085 residents · 68.4% owned · 19.6% no carSedgley East, Dudley6,064 residents · 64.3% owned · 21.0% no carHandsworth South, Sheffield6,281 residents · 67.6% owned · 23.7% no car

Most similar within Shropshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Oswestry East, Shropshire9,918 residents · 62.0% owned · 19.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shrewsbury Monkmoor

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

Tenure

Owned60.8%
2,250 households
Social rented26.8%
993 households
Private rented11%
408 households
Shared ownership1.2%
44 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached53.9%
1,994 households
Terraced24.7%
914 households
Detached15.1%
558 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.4%
201 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,591 households
2 cars or vans in household26.7%
989 households
No cars or vans in household21.8%
807 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.5%
313 households
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.9%
1,994 households
2 bedrooms20.5%
760 households
4 or more bedrooms16.1%
597 households
1 bedroom9.4%
349 households
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.1%
2,374 households
One-person household30.6%
1,132 households
Other household types5.3%
195 households
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.6%
1,242 households
1 person in household30.6%
1,133 households
3 people in household16.1%
596 households
4 people in household13.4%
495 households
5 people in household4.5%
168 households
6 people in household1.2%
43 households
7 people in household0.5%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,600 residents
15–2916.4%
1,421 residents
30–4418.8%
1,624 residents
45–6426.7%
2,309 residents
65 and over19.6%
1,700 residents
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.1%
8,319 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
189 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
88 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
39 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
20 residents
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.9%
1,875 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.8%
1,311 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.5%
1,222 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.8%
1,168 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
736 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.8%
474 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.1%
4,117 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39%
2,720 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
129 residents aged 16 and over
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.8%
1,171 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.7%
1,165 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.4%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
865 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.5%
589 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
511 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
508 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
390 residents aged 16 and over
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.5%
3,936 residents
Good health33.7%
2,921 residents
Fair health14.8%
1,283 residents
Bad health4.8%
414 residents
Very bad health1.2%
101 residents
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80%
6,925 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20%
1,729 residents
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.7%
1,692 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
1,270 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.3%
565 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.6%
172 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Shrewsbury Monkmoor · 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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