Shawbirch

Shawbirch Community Centre

Shawbirch has a veterinary centre[1] and a pub.[2] Shawbirch also includes a service station, with a Travelodge hotel,[3] a Toby Carvery restaurant[4] and a 24-hour petrol station with a hand car wash.

Behind the Shawbirch Community Centre there are the Rough Pits - a wood with two lakes.[10][11] Also located in the Shawbirch borough are the Beanhill Woods and the Dothill Nature Reserve.[11] Apley Woods is located some 1 mile away. Also located in Shawbirch is the Brockwood Copse playground.[12]

The Shawbirch ward falls under The Wrekin constituency which currently has a Conservative seat in Parliament, which has been held since 2005 by Mark Pritchard.

The polling station for Shawbirch is located at the back of the Shawbirch Community Centre in the Little Chicks Preschool.[11] The member of Telford and Wrekin Council for Shawbirch is Liberal Democrat Cllr Bill Tomlinson. He was elected in 2003,[13] 2007,[14] 2011[15] 2015,[16] and 2019.[17]

As of 2011 the population was at 3,239, with 51% of residents being male and 49% female.[18] 90.9% of residents were born in England, the next biggest percentage was Wales with 2.3%. The mean age in Shawbirch is 38.1, which is lower than the national average.[19]

100% of people in Shawbirch speak English, higher than the Telford and Wrekin borough average of 99.8%.[20] 98.5% of people in Shawbirch speak English as their main language. Of the 1.5% whose main language is not English, 1.2% speak English well and 0.3% do not speak English well. The next biggest language spoken was 0.2% who speak Czech as their main language. 0.1% also speak British Sign Language.

93.7% of residents are White British, and Other White make up 1.5% for a total white population of 95.2% - lower than that of Shropshire's average at 98%[21] and higher than that of Telford and Wrekin's average at 92.7%. The largest non-white ethnic group in Shawbirch is Asian British with 2.2% of the population. 1.3% of residents are mixed race, 0.9% are Black British and 0.3% are in another ethnic group.

In Shawbirch, 54.7% of residents are married. 12.6% live with a partner of the opposite sex, while 0.4% live with a partner of the same sex. 20.5% are single, have never been married and have never been partnered with the same sex. 7.9% are divorced/separated and there are 155 widows living in Shawbirch.

67.6% of people who live in Shawbirch identify themselves as a Christian. 22.8% identify as non-religious and the next biggest religion was Islam with 0.9%. Out of the 3,239 residents, 230 did not answer and 12 identified as a Jedi Knight. (see Jedi census phenomenon)

74.7% of Shawbirch residents are employed, with the most common occupation category being "Professional occupations" at 19.5% of the employed population.

Little Chicks Preschool

Little Chicks Preschool is located at the back of the Shawbirch Community Centre, and Ercall Day Nursery is located at the nearby Princess Royal Hospital.

Primary schools located nearby are St Peters Bratton Primary, Old Hall School and Dothill Primary and Wrekin View Primary.

Some secondary schools and 6th form colleges are Ercall Wood Technology College, Charlton School, Telford College of Arts and Technology, Wrekin College and New College Telford.

There is a medical centre, a pharmacy and a dental practise located in the Shawbirch Community Centre, and a veterinary centre is also located in Shawbirch. The Princess Royal Hospital is located in the neighbouring village of Apley.