Weston Rhyn Village Profile - 2018 Weston Rhyn is a village which lies between the town of Oswestry in England and Chirk in Wales and sits on the border between Shropshire and Wales. The village falls into the Parish of Weston Rhyn. The area also covers Bronygarth and the Wern , Rhoswiel and Chirk Bank. Weston Rhyn is approximately 4.5 miles from Oswestry and 1.5 miles from Chirk. The village sits on the main Shrewsbury to Chester railway but has no station. The Weston Rhyn historically was a former coal mining area. The pits have long since closed. The village is surrounded by beautiful border countryside and notable sites e.g. Chirk Castle, Chirk Aqueduct, Ty Mawr Country Park and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Key Facts and Geography Area: 93.0 hectares Population Density: 26.9 persons per hectare Total Population 2,502 male 45%, female 55%) There is a local primary school Weston Rhyn Primary School and Households: 987 the village falls into the catchment for St Martin’s School. Please visit Shropshire Council website for more details of schools in Dwellings: 1,041 the and catchment areas. Communal Establishment 5 View a map of schools in Shropshire Source: 2011 Census Information, Intelligence & Insight Team Phone: 0345 678 9000, Email: [email protected] Contents Page Location Maps 3 Demographics 4 Economy 11 Health 14 Housing 17 This Profile uses the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Built up Area (BUA) geography which is available for the 2011 Census results. For further information visit https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/ukgeographies/censusgeography These Profiles have been completed for large Shropshire villages over 1,000 population (15 in total) as at the 2011 Census. The profiles follow on from a suite of Market Town Profiles for Shropshire and Ward Profiles for Shropshire. https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/information-intelligence-and-insight/facts-and-figures/area-profiles/ Information, Intelligence & Insight Team Phone: 0345 678 9000, Email: [email protected] Location Maps To view the Google Aerial Map please select the following link - Aerial Map Information, Intelligence & Insight Team Phone: 0345 678 9000, Email: [email protected] Demographics Population of Large Villages All usual Lives in a Lives in a communal Density (number of Village Males Females Area (Hectares) residents household establishment persons per hectare) Alveley 1,578 771 807 1,578 0 64.50 24.5 Baschurch 1,595 763 832 1,570 25 66.75 23.9 Bayston Hill 5,079 2,488 2,591 5,020 59 132.00 38.5 Bomere Heath 1,254 609 645 1,249 5 45.00 27.9 Gobowen 3,270 1,594 1,676 2,914 356 115.75 28.3 Hanwood 1,090 527 563 1,085 5 44.25 24.6 Minsterley 1,532 762 770 1,532 0 57.00 26.9 Pant 1,998 978 1,020 1,992 6 122.00 16.4 Pontesbury 1,873 908 965 1,852 21 80.75 23.2 Prees 939 466 473 939 0 59.50 15.8 Ruyton-XI-Towns 1,040 542 498 906 134 47.75 21.8 Shawbury 2,317 1,222 1,095 2,052 265 167.75 13.8 St Martin's 2,471 1,224 1,247 2,460 11 75.50 32.7 Weston Rhyn 2,502 1,131 1,371 2,287 215 93.00 26.9 Whittington 1,481 717 764 1,471 10 56.75 26.1 Total 30,019 14,702 15,317 28,907 1,112 1,228.25 24.4 Shropshire 306,129 151,606 154,523 298183 7,946 319,730 1.0 England 53,012,456 26,069,148 26,943,308 52,059,931 952,525 13,027,842.85 4.1 Source: 2011 Census Information, Intelligence & Insight Team Phone: 0345 678 9000, Email: [email protected] Demographics Age Structure Shropshire Age Weston Rhyn Percentage England Percentage percentage All usual residents 2,502 100% 100% 100% Age 0 to 4 136 5% 5% 6.3% Age 5 to 7 73 3% 3% 3.4% Age 8 to 9 42 2% 2% 2.2% Age 10 to 14 186 7% 6% 5.8% Age 15 54 2% 1% 1.2% Age 16 to 17 144 6% 3% 2.5% Age 18 to 19 66 3% 2% 2.6% Age 20 to 24 124 5% 5% 6.8% Age 25 to 29 134 5% 5% 6.9% Age 30 to 44 428 17% 17% 20.6% Age 45 to 59 510 20% 21% 19.4% Age 60 to 64 186 7% 7% 6.0% Age 65 to 74 245 10% 12% 8.6% Age 75 to 84 132 5% 7% 5.5% Age 85 to 89 33 1% 2% 1.5% Age 90 and over 9 0% 1% 0.8% Mean Age 39.7 100% 100% 39.3 Source: 2011 Census Information, Intelligence & Insight Team Phone: 0345 678 9000, Email: [email protected] Demographics Ethnicity White Mixed/multiple Asian/Asian Black/African/ Other ethnic Village White British ethnic groups British Caribbean/Black British group Alveley BUA 99.6 98.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 Baschurch BUA 99.0 97.1 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 Bayston Hill BUA 99.0 96.9 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.0 Bomere Heath BUA 98.6 96.5 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.0 Gobowen BUA 98.0 96.7 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.1 Hanwood BUA 97.9 96.3 0.8 0.9 0.0 0.4 Minsterley BUA 97.9 95.0 0.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 Pant BUA 99.3 97.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 Pontesbury BUA 99.1 97.2 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 Prees BUA 98.8 94.9 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.0 Ruyton-XI-Towns BUA 99.0 96.8 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 Shawbury BUA 98.1 96.3 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.0 St Martin's BUA 98.6 96.7 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.2 Weston Rhyn BUA 97.3 95.5 0.7 1.9 0.1 0.0 Whittington 99.1 97.6 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 BUA Shropshire over 1000 pop 98.6 96.7 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 Shropshire 98.0 95.4 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.1 England 85.4 79.8 2.3 7.8 3.5 1.0 Source: 2011 Census Information, Intelligence & Insight Team Phone: 0345 678 9000, Email: [email protected] Demographics Religion Has Other No Religion Village Christian Buddhist Hindu Jewish Muslim Sikh religion religion religion not stated Alveley BUA 77.2 76.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 16.0 6.8 Baschurch BUA 78.7 77.9 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 15.4 5.9 Bayston Hill BUA 71.4 70.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 20.8 7.9 Bomere Heath BUA 75.0 74.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 18.5 6.5 Gobowen BUA 67.7 66.7 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 23.8 8.5 Hanwood BUA 70.3 69.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.6 21.8 7.9 Minsterley BUA 72.4 71.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 19.6 8.0 Pant BUA 73.6 72.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.5 19.9 6.5 Pontesbury BUA 70.7 69.9 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 22.1 7.3 Prees BUA 79.1 78.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 14.8 6.1 Ruyton-XI-Towns BUA 74.5 74.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 19.6 5.9 Shawbury BUA 72.9 72.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 21.7 5.4 St Martin's BUA 69.5 68.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 21.6 8.9 Weston Rhyn BUA 65.3 64.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 26.8 7.9 Whittington 73.9 73.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 19.0 7.0 BUA Shropshire 71.9 71.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 20.8 7.3 Shropshire 69.9 68.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 22.8 7.3 England 68.1 59.4 0.5 1.5 0.5 5.0 0.8 0.4 24.7 7.2 Source: 2011 Census Information, Intelligence & Insight Team Phone: 0345 678 9000, Email: [email protected] Demographics Deprivation Weston Rhyn and the surrounding location contains areas which fall into the 7th and 4th most deprived deciles nationally . The area to the east of the village falls into the 40% most deprived nationally.