Is Market Drayton, Shropshire a nice place to live?

Is Market Drayton a nice place to live or is Market Drayton a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Market Drayton meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Market Drayton?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Market Drayton. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 10 wards nearest to the centre of Market Drayton. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Maer & Whitmore	28876
2	Hodnet	27024
3	Cheswardine	26513
4	Audlem	25273
5	Loggerheads	24518
6	Prees	22700
7	Wem	21003
8	Whitchurch South	19728
9	Market Drayton West	18535
10	Market Drayton East	18052

Is Market Drayton a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Market Drayton, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Market Drayton residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
Shropshire (Market Drayton)	5.08
Telford and Wrekin	6.12
Newcastle-under-Lyme	6.25
Stoke-on-Trent	7.36

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Market Drayton. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 10 wards nearest to the centre of Market Drayton. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Maer & Whitmore (Best)	27406
2	Audlem	23481
3	Prees	22771
4	Cheswardine	21424
5	Hodnet	20744
6	Loggerheads	20213
7	Wem	19218
8	Market Drayton East	19165
9	Whitchurch South	17254
10	Market Drayton West (Worst)	14651

Is Market Drayton rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Market Drayton. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Maer & Whitmore	25592
2	Loggerheads	22070
3	Audlem	19140
4	Wem	16947
5	Cheswardine	16289
6	Market Drayton West	15426
7	Hodnet	14802
8	Whitchurch South	13928
9	Market Drayton East	13772
10	Prees	12550

How affordable are the rents in Market Drayton?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Market Drayton rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for .

Beds	Shropshire
1	£475	£
2	£595	£
3	£725	£
4	£1075	£

How much can I earn in Market Drayton per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Market Drayton, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Market Drayton's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Shropshire UA (Market Drayton)	£660.20
2	Telford and Wrekin UA	£658.70
3	Newcastle-under-Lyme	£629.40
4	Stoke-on-Trent UA	£587.80

So, is Market Drayton a nice place to live?

Market Drayton has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, Market Drayton does more pockets of deprivation than the average town.  However, the rents in Market Drayton are more expensive than other parts of .

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