Shropshire: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£413,721

Semi-detached

£258,066

Terraced

£206,094

Flat or maisonette

£133,923

First-time buyers

£222,517

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  268,716 in 1991 → 332,455 in 2024 (+23.7%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £169,409 in 2005 → £275,232 in 2026 (+62.5%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £347 in 2008 → £597 in 2025 (+71.8%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  76.8% in 2004 → 78.8% in 2023 (+2.6%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  1.6% in 2001 → 2.4% in 2025 (+50.0%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £10,823 in 1997 → £25,151 in 2024 (+132.4%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Shropshire; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Three-year business survival · Economy & work63.0% (2021) · 32nd highest of 374
• Anxiety · Health & wellbeing2.7 out of 10 (2022/23) · 37th lowest of 363
• Life satisfaction · Health & wellbeing7.8 out of 10 (2022/23) · 49th highest of 363
• Healthy life expectancy, men · Health & wellbeing63.0 years (2022 to 2024) · 43rd highest of 195

Where it ranks worst

• Fuel poverty · Economy & work12.8% (2024) · 282nd lowest of 296
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access19 min (2019) · 309th lowest of 326
• Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access74.6% (January 2026) · 321st highest of 361
• Business births · Economy & work8.5% (2024) · 315th highest of 361

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)81.0 years · England 80.0 · 33rd highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.0 years · England 83.8 · 28th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)63.0 years · England 60.9 · 38th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)62.4 years · England 61.3 · 52nd highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)277.4 per 100k · England 321.0 · 30th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)6.1% · England 10.4 · 3rd lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)64.0% · England 64.6 · 62nd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)68.0% · England 68.3 · 83rd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)43.0 score · England 46.0 · 131st highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.6% · England 5.8 · 36th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)18.8% · England 19.8 · 79th lowest of 153