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Market Drayton North · Shropshire

Market Drayton North: your neighbourhood

Market Drayton North electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 26.4% here, compared with 32.5% across Shropshire (6.1 percentage points lower).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 65 or over: 21.5% here, compared with 25.4% across Shropshire (3.8 percentage points lower).

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 19.5% here, compared with 16.7% across Shropshire (2.8 percentage points higher).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

21.5%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

1,103 out of 5,125.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

4.4%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

224 out of 5,114.

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People counted in the census

5,117

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

5,117 out of 5,117.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

26.4%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

1,099 out of 4,164.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

49.5%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

1,101 out of 2,226.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

15%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

334 out of 2,226.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

38.3%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,593 out of 4,159.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

59.4%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,470 out of 4,159.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

3.3%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

136 out of 4,159.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

19.5%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

813 out of 4,164.

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Homes rented privately

17%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

370 out of 2,213.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

25.4%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,057 out of 4,159.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

13%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

281 out of 2,213.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.3%

21 March 2021 · Market Drayton North

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

96 out of 4,159.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Market Drayton North ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

145 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 200 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Market Drayton North ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 18 mapped crimes in September 2024; 15 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Market Drayton North
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024184
October 2024173
November 2024225
December 2024159
January 202576
February 2025131
March 2025165
April 2025155
May 2025246
June 2025145
July 2025246
August 2025155
September 202596
October 2025107
November 2025143
December 2025146
January 2026112
February 2026103
March 2026113
April 202670
May 2026140
June 2026144
July 2026166
August 2026155
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Market Drayton North
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime100
criminal damage arson12
other theft11
public order8
drugs3
possession of weapons3
burglary2
vehicle crime2
other crime2
shoplifting1
robbery1
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

Police data and method →

What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Shropshire →