Much Wenlock & Broseley

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 11,863 · 7 LSOAs

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

52Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,275 of 6,856 in England
  • #286 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #19 of 39 in Shropshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,877
Median age (est.)51
Density77per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above32%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 15%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 35% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Much Wenlock & Broseley sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,275 of 6,856 in England, and #19 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (77) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 121 sales), 9% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,193 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 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 54 · #3,124
Employment 56 · #2,980
Education 45 · #3,775
Health 68 · #2,178
Crime 77 · #1,582
Housing & access 14 · #5,873
Living environment 35 · #4,433

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · -1.3% yr · n=121
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,000121-1.3%+20.0%
Detached£402,50062-13.1%+6.0%
Semi-detached£240,00037-3.6%+20.0%
Terraced£204,25018-11.2%+2.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£300,000
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)£37,193±£5,248 · #4,306 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,943
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 532 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,664 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft97
Burglary35
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons41
Drugs15
Robbery5
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 73 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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