Dothill & Shawbirch

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 8,010 · 6 LSOAs

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,288 of 6,856 in England
  • #205 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #6 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,001
Median age (est.)47
Density3,242per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above28%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 12%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 35% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Dothill & Shawbirch is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,288 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (99) but weak on Health (40). Typical homes here sold for about £219,750 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 108 sales), in line with the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #285 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £37,639 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 58 · #2,877
Employment 51 · #3,357
Education 67 · #2,281
Health 40 · #4,125
Crime 72 · #1,911
Housing & access 60 · #2,733
Living environment 99 · #46

House prices ?

£219,750median (12m) · -3.0% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£219,750108-3.0%+21.9%
Detached£317,00031+2.3%+25.3%
Semi-detached£210,000650.0%+31.2%
Terraced£160,00011-12.2%+13.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£219,750
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)£37,639±£5,332 · #4,165 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,931
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 356 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,626 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences204
Theft47
Burglary11
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons32
Drugs9
Robbery1
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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