Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 5,678 · 3 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,378 of 6,856 in England
  • #407 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #36 of 39 in Shropshire
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,646
Median age (est.)54
Density25per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above35%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 11%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 29%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 22% · Professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades22%
Professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,378 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #36 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (91) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £351,600 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 46 sales), 28% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,274 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 63 · #2,514
Employment 56 · #3,021
Education 62 · #2,630
Health 74 · #1,808
Crime 91 · #642
Housing & access 0 · #6,833
Living environment 1 · #6,757

House prices ?

£351,600median (12m) · +3.4% yr · n=46
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£351,60046+3.4%+21.2%
Detached£450,00031+3.4%+36.4%
Semi-detached£158,0009-47.3%-16.8%
Terraced£195,0006-2.3%+14.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£351,600
Shropshire£275,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£36,274±£5,186 · #4,607 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,093
Price-to-income ?9.7×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 185 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #620 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences88
Theft27
Burglary18
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons13
Drugs1
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 29 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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