Ironbridge, Admaston & Higher Ercall

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 11,031 · 6 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,480 of 6,856 in England
  • #217 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #7 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,743
Median age (est.)49
Density111per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 33%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 7%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Ironbridge, Admaston & Higher Ercall is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,480 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (80) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £289,950 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 200 sales), 28% above the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,341 a year, around the middle 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 74 · #1,780
Employment 71 · #1,965
Education 80 · #1,342
Health 55 · #3,062
Crime 69 · #2,144
Housing & access 11 · #6,072
Living environment 45 · #3,796

House prices ?

£289,950median (12m) · +3.6% yr · n=200
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£289,950200+3.6%+11.5%
Detached£363,50088-3.8%+11.9%
Semi-detached£257,50077+3.2%+28.8%
Terraced£221,50028-3.7%+12.4%
Flat£139,9507+10.7%+19.1%
This area£289,950
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)£40,341±£5,701 · #3,326 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,105
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 452 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,319 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences242
Theft57
Burglary28
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons34
Drugs13
Robbery1
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 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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