Shropshire (district)

Shropshire
Unitary authority area
Clockwise from top: Shrewsbury; Ludlow from the castle; the Shropshire Hills; Market Drayton; and Oswestry
Coat of arms
Shown within the ceremonial county of Shropshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Unitary Authority	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Local Authority	Shropshire Council
• MPs	Julia Buckley (L) Stuart Anderson (C) Helen Morgan (LD) Mark Pritchard (C)
Area
• Land	1.234 sq mi (3.197 km²)
Population (2024)
• Total	332,455 (Ranked 34th)
• Density	269.3/sq mi (103.99/km²)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 96.7% White 1.3% Asian 1.2% Mixed 0.4% other 0.3% Black
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 55.5% Christianity 37% no religion 0.5% Islam 0.2% Hinduism 0.1% Judaism 0.2% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.5% other 5.9% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	SY1-SY13, SY15, SY21, SY99, TF9, TF11-TF13, WV15-WV16, LL14, WR15
Post town	Shrewsbury and others
Dialling code	01743 and others
ISO 3166 code	GB-SHR
ONS code	17UD (ONS) E06000051 (GSS)
Website	shropshire.gov.uk

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire. The district is governed by Shropshire Council. It contains 188 civil parishes.