Ruyton-XI-Towns, West Felton & Whittington

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 7,472 · 5 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,994 of 6,856 in England
  • #260 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 39 in Shropshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,373
Median age (est.)50
Density70per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Muslim 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

Ruyton-XI-Towns, West Felton & Whittington is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,994 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (90) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 87 sales), 15% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,011 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 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 68 · #2,212
Employment 69 · #2,151
Education 70 · #2,089
Health 69 · #2,130
Crime 90 · #704
Housing & access 4 · #6,599
Living environment 33 · #4,584

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · +8.6% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,00087+8.6%+21.2%
Detached£350,00056-1.4%+16.7%
Semi-detached£250,00021+9.9%+35.1%
Terraced£217,50010+11.5%+29.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£315,000
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)£39,011±£5,544 · #3,715 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,054
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 ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 217 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #349 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft26
Burglary12
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons12
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other3

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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