Shropshire county Census 2021

93.6% people are white, 2.8% people are asian, 1.7% people are mixed.
52.6% are Christian, 38.4% have no religion, 5.8% provided no answer.
40.6% households have 1 car, 31.1% households have 2 cars, 15.6% households have no car.

Shropshire population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Shropshire county	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	2.8%	9.3%
Black	1.3%	4.0%
Mixed	1.7%	2.9%
Other	0.6%	2.1%
White	93.6%	81.7%

Shropshire population health

Health	Shropshire county	England & Wales (UK)
very good	46.4%	48.4%
good	34.5%	33.6%
average	13.7%	12.7%
poor	4.2%	4.0%
very poor	1.2%	1.2%

Shropshire population religion

Religion	Shropshire county	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.3%	0.5%
Christian	52.6%	46.2%
Hindu	0.4%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	1.3%	6.5%
No answer	5.8%	6.0%
No religion	38.4%	37.2%
Other	0.7%	0.9%
Sikh	0.5%	0.6%

Shropshire population economic activity

Economic activity	Shropshire county	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	45.4%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.7%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.2%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.2%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.1%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	6.8%	7.3%
Retired	25.9%	21.6%
Student, no work	4.4%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.3%	2.8%

Shropshire car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.42 cars per household in Shropshire county. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Shropshire county	England & Wales (UK)
No car	15.6%	23.3%
1 car	40.6%	41.3%
2 cars	31.1%	26.2%
3+ cars	12.7%	9.2%

Shropshire 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).