The Intelligence and Research team have compiled a profile of Shropshire based on demography, ethnicity, health, housing and the labour market. Where possible comparisons to the 2001 census were made.

Some interesting facts

• Shropshire has a high percentage of people with Christian faith, with 68.7% of residents following the religion. This is followed by 22.8% of residents who stated that they have no religion
• 98% of Shropshire's population is classified as being in a 'white' ethnic group. This was reduced from 98.8% in 2001, though this is still higher than the England and Wales average of 85.9%. 'Asian' or 'Asian British' ethnic groups have the next largest number of people in Shropshire with 1% of the population
• 106,909 (35%) of Shropshire residents claim to have good health, 41,475 (13.5%) claim fairly good health and 15,436 (5%) claim bad/very bad health
• Married couple households with dependant children have reduced by 10% in Shropshire since 2001. However, there is an increase of 50.5% of cohabiting couples with dependant children

For more facts, including martial status, qualifications and industry of employment, please view the 'Census Profile Shropshire 2011' information sheet.

Source: 2011 Census and 2001 Census, Office for National Statistics, (c) Crown Copyright 2012.