Ellesmere

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 8,137 · 5 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,007 of 6,856 in England
  • #263 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #15 of 39 in Shropshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,066
Median age (est.)51
Density76per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 9%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%
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 60% · No religion 33% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Ellesmere is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,007 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (86) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £234,725 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 118 sales), 15% below the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #876 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,649 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 65 · #2,370
Employment 66 · #2,336
Education 55 · #3,069
Health 74 · #1,815
Crime 86 · #944
Housing & access 12 · #6,065
Living environment 32 · #4,687

House prices ?

£234,725median (12m) · -6.1% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£234,725118-6.1%+9.2%
Detached£384,00047+9.7%+37.1%
Semi-detached£215,00047+1.2%+23.4%
Terraced£185,00021+27.6%+10.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£234,725
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)£35,649±£5,042 · #4,828 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,204
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 330 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,295 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences165
Theft42
Burglary36
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons29
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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