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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006042

Church Stretton

Church Stretton is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,752 residents in Shropshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Shropshire
5,752

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,736

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.8%

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.

Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale, Dorset7,173 residents · 72.1% owned · 12.9% no carKingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Dover6,932 residents · 82.6% owned · 10.9% no carSouthwold, Reydon & Wrentham, East Suffolk5,842 residents · 70.0% owned · 13.5% no carKilmington, Colyton & Uplyme, East Devon8,360 residents · 77.8% owned · 9.4% no carWells & Blakeney, North Norfolk5,834 residents · 61.0% owned · 13.8% no carGrange-over-Sands & Cartmel Peninsula, South Lakeland7,942 residents · 77.3% owned · 12.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Church Stretton

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

Tenure

Owned75.5%
2,065 households
Private rented13%
356 households
Social rented10.5%
286 households
Shared ownership1.1%
29 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached57.4%
1,570 households
Semi-detached23.3%
638 households
Terraced8%
219 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.6%
209 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
34 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.1%
1,151 households
2 cars or vans in household28.9%
790 households
No cars or vans in household15.2%
415 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.9%
380 households
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.4%
1,077 households
4 or more bedrooms29.1%
797 households
2 bedrooms25.8%
706 households
1 bedroom5.7%
156 households
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.8%
1,746 households
One-person household32.5%
889 households
Other household types3.7%
102 households
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household45.7%
1,251 households
1 person in household32.5%
889 households
3 people in household10.6%
291 households
4 people in household7.3%
200 households
5 people in household3.1%
84 households
6 people in household0.5%
13 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 159.9%
569 residents
15–2910.7%
613 residents
30–449.8%
565 residents
45–6429%
1,670 residents
65 and over40.6%
2,335 residents
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.2%
5,646 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
49 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
41 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
9 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
7 residents
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.8%
2,140 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
768 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.1%
725 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
668 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.1%
414 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive54.5%
2,792 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)44.4%
2,277 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
56 residents aged 16 and over
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.7%
1,315 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
845 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.1%
823 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.4%
582 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
490 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.1%
366 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
285 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
233 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.6%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.3%
2,433 residents
Good health36.9%
2,121 residents
Fair health15.5%
892 residents
Bad health4.1%
233 residents
Very bad health1.3%
73 residents
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.7%
4,524 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.3%
1,228 residents
Church Stretton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.7%
1,386 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.4%
1,022 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
275 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
48 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Church Stretton · 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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