Place CheckerOfficial local evidence

Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006033

Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,485 residents in Shropshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Shropshire
8,485

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,354

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,725.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

44.9%

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.

Salisbury Town North & Milford, Wiltshire6,156 residents · 55.8% owned · 26.4% no carCentral Harrogate, Harrogate9,212 residents · 46.1% owned · 28.2% no carSalisbury Cathedral & Harnham, Wiltshire5,038 residents · 59.5% owned · 26.5% no carBury St Edmunds Central, West Suffolk8,377 residents · 45.7% owned · 25.5% no carTruro South & Central, Cornwall6,968 residents · 56.4% owned · 27.9% no carCentral Chichester, Chichester8,907 residents · 51.5% owned · 29.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shrewsbury Town

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

Tenure

Owned53.7%
2,340 households
Private rented35.3%
1,536 households
Social rented9.8%
427 households
Shared ownership1.1%
50 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement29.7%
1,295 households
Terraced22.9%
996 households
Semi-detached18.6%
810 households
Detached13.7%
595 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5.3%
230 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.2%
225 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.1%
179 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
24 households
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.5%
2,068 households
No cars or vans in household27.1%
1,179 households
2 cars or vans in household20.6%
896 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.8%
210 households
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.1%
1,485 households
3 bedrooms25%
1,086 households
1 bedroom22%
959 households
4 or more bedrooms18.9%
822 households
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.6%
2,115 households
One-person household45.4%
1,978 households
Other household types6%
263 households
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household45.5%
1,980 households
2 people in household34.3%
1,494 households
3 people in household10.1%
440 households
4 people in household7.6%
330 households
5 people in household2%
86 households
6 people in household0.4%
17 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.3%
961 residents
15–2918.1%
1,536 residents
30–4418.9%
1,599 residents
45–6426.3%
2,230 residents
65 and over25.4%
2,156 residents
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.4%
7,927 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3%
252 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
169 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
79 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
61 residents
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above44.9%
3,352 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,281 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.9%
890 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.6%
866 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.3%
541 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
378 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.1%
4,415 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.2%
2,927 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.9%
2,004 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.7%
1,319 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
862 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
769 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.7%
722 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.2%
686 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.3%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
342 residents aged 16 and over
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47%
3,986 residents
Good health35.1%
2,980 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,160 residents
Bad health3.2%
272 residents
Very bad health1%
87 residents
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.3%
6,896 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.7%
1,589 residents
Shrewsbury Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.9%
2,478 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.9%
1,345 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
439 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
88 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Shrewsbury Town · 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.

Browse every neighbourhood in Shropshire

Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

Shared catalogue checked 2026-08-28: 88 candidate data layers listed. Catalogue presence is not publication approval; only separately approved public projections may be shown.