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Electoral wardE05016053

Oswestry North ward, Shropshire

Oswestry North is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,406 residents in 2,070 households — 1,310 people per km², the 38th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,406council ward average 4,494
Households2,0702.13 residents per household
Density1,310/ km²about 3.36 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+25.1%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 189
5–94.9% · 217
10–155.7% · 250
16–194.1% · 182
20–244.8% · 211
25–3411.0% · 484
35–4917.0% · 750
50–6423.1% · 1,019
65–7411.3% · 500
75–849.6% · 425
85+4.1% · 180

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.1% · 499
1 car or van45.3% · 938
2 cars or vans23.5% · 487
3 or more7.1% · 146
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.

Owned outright36.2% · 751
With mortgage22.0% · 455
Shared ownership1.0% · 21
Social rented19.6% · 407
Private rented21.0% · 436
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house29.3% · 606
Semi-detached house28.1% · 582
Terraced house27.0% · 558
Purpose-built flat14.0% · 289
Converted house0.8% · 16
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office0.5% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016053
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
22 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Oswestry

Other wards in the same constituency

EEllesmere Urban28.9% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned4,975LLlanymynech28.4% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned4,271MMarket Drayton East & Rural26.6% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned5,587MMarket Drayton North20.8% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned4,520MMarket Drayton South24.5% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned4,333OOswestry North East26.1% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned4,808OOswestry South22.6% aged 65+ · 59.2% owned4,611OOswestry South East15.7% aged 65+ · 54.1% owned3,686PPrees27.3% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned4,689RRuyton & Baschurch21.3% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned3,597SSelattyn & Gobowen25.1% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,116SShawbury20.7% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned3,153SSt Martin's24.6% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned9,019SSt Oswald25.7% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned4,827

All 72 wards of Shropshire

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.