Shrewsbury postcode area Census 2021

96.9% people are white, 1.3% people are asian, 1.1% people are mixed.
52.7% are Christian, 39.1% have no religion, 6.4% provided no answer.
40.2% households have 1 car, 31.5% households have 2 cars, 14.2% households have 3+ cars.

Shrewsbury population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Shrewsbury postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	1.3%	9.3%
Black	0.3%	4.0%
Mixed	1.1%	2.9%
Other	0.4%	2.1%
White	96.9%	81.7%

Shrewsbury population health

Health	Shrewsbury postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	46.5%	48.4%
good	34.7%	33.6%
average	13.7%	12.7%
poor	4.0%	4.0%
very poor	1.1%	1.2%

Shrewsbury population religion

Religion	Shrewsbury postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.3%	0.5%
Christian	52.7%	46.2%
Hindu	0.2%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	0.5%	6.5%
No answer	6.4%	6.0%
No religion	39.1%	37.2%
Other	0.1%	0.9%
Sikh	0.5%	0.6%

Shrewsbury population economic activity

Economic activity	Shrewsbury postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	41.8%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	2.1%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	10.1%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.4%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	3.5%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	5.9%	7.3%
Retired	27.9%	21.6%
Student, no work	5.2%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.0%	2.8%

Shrewsbury car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.47 cars per household in Shrewsbury postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Shrewsbury postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	14.1%	23.3%
1 car	40.2%	41.3%
2 cars	31.5%	26.2%
3+ cars	14.2%	9.2%

Shrewsbury household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).