Dawley & Aqueduct

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 7,548 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,906 of 6,856 in England
  • #468 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #16 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,583
Median age (est.)44
Density2,509per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above21%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 30%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 20%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 13% · Skilled trades 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · Sikh 1%

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

Dawley & Aqueduct is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,906 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (90) but weak on Health (18). Typical homes here, about £190,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 85 sales), 16% below the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,117 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,050
Employment 24 · #5,215
Education 29 · #4,838
Health 18 · #5,653
Crime 35 · #4,461
Housing & access 43 · #3,912
Living environment 90 · #711

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · +3.8% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00085+3.8%+33.8%
Detached£265,00025+0.6%+16.5%
Semi-detached£190,00029+2.0%+35.1%
Terraced£153,75026+11.4%+29.7%
Flat£74,0005-1.3%
This area£190,000
Telford and Wrekin£227,000
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)£33,117±£4,687 · #5,638 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,293
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 447 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,810 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences277
Theft23
Burglary12
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson46
Public order & weapons39
Drugs14
Robbery2
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 66 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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