The Shropshire statistics
- Population (2024)
- 332,500
- People in employment (March 2025)
- 157,700
- Unemployment rate (March 2025)
- 2.6%
- National average: 3.9%
- Average annual gross salary (2024)
- £32,944
- £4,686 less than national average
- GVA (2023)
- £8 billion+
- Total number of Shropshire businesses (2024)
- 15,760
- Average house price in Shropshire(Jun 2025)
- £273,217
- £383,486 in South East
- Skilled workforce (2024)
- 43% educated to degree level
- Population of Shropshire 332,500 (2024, ONS Mid-year estimate) and projected to increase to 386,600 by 2047 (+16%). (ONS SNPP 2022 based)
- Self-employment levels are high at 12.9%, above the national average of 9.4%. (2025 year ending March Annual Population Survey)
- Population of Shrewsbury 77,100 (2022, ONS Mid-year estimate)
- The percentage of highly-skilled workers locally is 43% in Shropshire as a whole. (2024, Annual Population Survey)
- £32,944 annual salary gross for full-time workers in Shropshire in April 2024 – £4,686 less than the national average (Annual Survey of Hours & Earnings, 2024)
- Gross Value Added has risen by 27% over the last 5 years in Shropshire to reach £8 billion. (ONS 2023)
- 80.7% of 16-64 year olds in Shropshire are economically active, compared with 78.5% nationally. (Annual population survey, year ending March 2025)
- 6,500 dwellings in Shrewsbury and 27,500 dwellings in Shropshire between 2006 and 2026.
- 15,760 enterprises in Shropshire provide a total of 130,600 jobs in Shropshire.
- 10.23 million visitors a year to Shropshire with an economic impact of £910.5 million (STEAM, 2024)
- Affordable housing: average house price in Shropshire of £273,217 compared to £383,486 in the South-East (March 2024)
August 2025
Our location
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Whitchurch
Population within 45 minute drive: 700,100
Airport: Birmingham, Liverpool & Manchester
What's available: Industrial & commercial units, land
Market Drayton
Population within 45 minute drive: 1,026,900
Airport: Birmingham, Liverpool & Manchester
What's available: Industrial & commercial units, land
Oswestry
Population within 45 minute drive: 354,400
Airport: Birmingham, Liverpool & Manchester
What's available: Industrial & commercial units
Shrewsbury
Population within 45 minute drive: 469,000
Airport: Birmingham
What's available: Industrial & commercial units, industrial land
Bridgnorth
Population within 45 minute drive: 1,502,600
Airport: Birmingham
What's available: Offices, industrial & commercial units
Ludlow
Population within 45 minute drive: 185,400
Airport: Birmingham
What's available: Industrial & commercial units, industrial land
