Shropshire Unitary Authority

Created: 01 Apr 2009  

Statistics

Statistical comparisons will be made with Great Britain (change comparison)


Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Learning & Language

Learning & Language

How many people were at school. The distribution of graduates, and of the unqualified.
Life & Death

Life & Death

Numbers of babies born. Deaths, especially infant deaths. Causes of death by age and gender.
Work & Poverty

Work & Poverty

Unemployment rates and poor relief. What proportions of men and of women did paid work?
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Birthplace & Religion

Birthplace & Religion

Numbers going to church, and the kinds of churches they went to. The different religions of modern Britain.

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
SHROPSHIRE Preferred English     United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008)
00GG Code: Office for National Statistics English     Wikimedia Foundation Inc., Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shropshire)

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ALBRIGHTON Built-up Area     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Built Up Areas (December 2024) Boundaries EW)
BRIDGNORTH Built-up Area     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Built Up Areas (December 2024) Boundaries EW)
LUDLOW Built-up Area     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Built Up Areas (December 2024) Boundaries EW)
MARKET DRAYTON Built-up Area     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Built Up Areas (December 2024) Boundaries EW)
OSWESTRY Built-up Area     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Built Up Areas (December 2024) Boundaries EW)
SHREWSBURY Built-up Area     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Built Up Areas (December 2024) Boundaries EW)
WHITCHURCH Built-up Area     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Built Up Areas (December 2024) Boundaries EW)
ABBEY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
ALBRIGHTON Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
ALVELEY AND CLAVERLEY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BAGLEY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BATTLEFIELD Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BAYSTON HILL COLUMN AND SUTTON Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BELLE VUE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BISHOPS CASTLE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BOWBROOK Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BRIDGNORTH EAST AND ASTLEY ABBOTTS Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BRIDGNORTH WEST AND TASLEY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BROSELEY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BROWN CLEE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
BURNELL Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
CASTLEFIELDS AND DITHERINGTON Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
CHESWARDINE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
CHIRBURY AND WORTHEN Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
CHURCH STRETTON AND CRAVEN ARMS Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
CLEE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
CLEOBURY MORTIMER Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
CLUN Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
COPTHORNE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
CORVEDALE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
ELLESMERE URBAN Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
GOBOWEN SELATTYN AND WESTON RHYN Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
HARLESCOTT Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
HIGHLEY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
HODNET Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
LLANYMYNECH Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
LONGDEN Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
LOTON Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
LUDLOW EAST Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
LUDLOW NORTH Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
LUDLOW SOUTH Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
MARKET DRAYTON EAST Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
MARKET DRAYTON WEST Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
MEOLE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
MONKMOOR Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
MUCH WENLOCK Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
OSWESTRY EAST Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
OSWESTRY SOUTH Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
OSWESTRY WEST Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
PORTHILL Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
PREES Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
QUARRY AND COTON HILL Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
RADBROOK Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
REA VALLEY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
RUYTON AND BASCHURCH Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
SEVERN VALLEY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
SHAWBURY Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
SHIFNAL NORTH Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
SHIFNAL SOUTH AND COSFORD Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
ST MARTINS Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
ST OSWALD Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
SUNDORNE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
TERN Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
THE MERES Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
UNDERDALE Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
WEM Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
WHITCHURCH NORTH Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
WHITCHURCH SOUTH Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
WHITTINGTON Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)
WORFIELD Modern (2024) Ward     Office for National Statistics, Open Geography Portal (Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK)

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was preceded by SHROPSHIRE Modern (post 1974) County United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008)

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
WEST MIDLANDS Government Region 01 Apr 2009   Census of Population (2011 Key Statistics)

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
01 Apr 2009 was created through the abolition of BRIDGNORTH   United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008)
01 Apr 2009 was created through the abolition of NORTH SHROPSHIRE   United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008)
01 Apr 2009 was created through the abolition of OSWESTRY   United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008)
01 Apr 2009 was created through the abolition of SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM   United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008)
01 Apr 2009 was created through the abolition of SOUTH SHROPSHIRE   United Kingdom Statutory Instrument (The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008)

Boundary Map of Shropshire Unitary Authority

If the boundaries of the District/Unitary Authority changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Shropshire (Unitary Authority) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10284977

Date accessed: 13th November 2025