Demography
M54 (B'HAM) -> <- A5 (S'BURY) Shifnal Broseley Coalport Ironbridge Madeley Coalbrook-dale Sutton Hill Leighton R. Severn Buildwas Little Wenlock Telford TC Horsehay Stirchley Hollinswood Dawley Malinslee The Rock Lawley The Wrekin Hadley Ketley Arleston Leegomery Wellington Admaston Wrockwardine Oakengates St George's and Priorslee Donnington Trench Muxton Lilleshall Horton A clickable link map of the component towns of Telford and surrounding villages.
In 1963 Dawley new town was intended to take 50,000 people from the West Midlands conurbation and so to grow to a town of 70,000 or more. By 1968 Telford was intended to take an additional 50,000 and grow to a town of 220,000 or more by 1991. By 1983, however, Telford's population was just under 108,000, and it was generally thought that it might not reach 120,000 by the late 1980s.
Telford has a younger than average population, and a higher rate of teenage pregnancy than the national average, as well as relatively high levels of income deprivation with 15% of residents living in low income households. In addition the level of statutorily homeless households in 2004/05 was above average for England. The Telford and Wrekin area is a popular commuter zone, containing some relatively rural areas in the North and West of the borough. These are popular with commuters to the West Midlands conurbation, due to the good transport links provided by the A5/M54.
Telford's population is prodominantly White, comprising 93.8% of the population. The next largest ethnic group is those of Asian descent, comprising 3.3% of the population, which is again less than the West Midlands at 8.0%, and England at 5.3%. However, the town and borough remains comparatively more ethnically diverse than the ceremonial county, with South Shropshire for example being 97.8% white.
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