Clun & Bucknell

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 6,195 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,173 of 6,856 in England
  • #385 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #34 of 39 in Shropshire
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,109
Median age (est.)57
Density18per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 7%25–44 14%45–64 32%65+ 36%

Tenure

Own outright: 59%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 59%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 7%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 4%Other: 24%
One person 27%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 4%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 24% · Professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades24%
Professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%
Sales & customer service4%

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 58% · No religion 34% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Clun & Bucknell is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,173 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £368,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 71 sales), 34% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,047 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 73 · #1,842
Employment 78 · #1,513
Education 64 · #2,473
Health 90 · #711
Crime 98 · #115
Housing & access 0 · #6,846
Living environment 0 · #6,826

House prices ?

£368,500median (12m) · +11.7% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£368,50071+11.7%+15.2%
Detached£487,50040+18.9%+32.7%
Semi-detached£285,50020+13.3%+22.3%
Terraced£253,75010+23.0%-1.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£368,500
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)£36,047±£5,237 · #4,688 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,010
Price-to-income ?10.2×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
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Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 197 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #548 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences106
Theft20
Burglary25
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons10
Drugs1
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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