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Electoral wardE05016054

Oswestry North East ward, Shropshire

Oswestry North East is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,808 residents in 2,228 households — 2,456 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,808council ward average 4,494
Households2,2282.16 residents per household
Density2,456/ km²about 1.96 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+26.1%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 219
5–95.1% · 243
10–155.1% · 247
16–193.8% · 184
20–245.0% · 242
25–3410.9% · 526
35–4916.9% · 812
50–6422.5% · 1,081
65–7413.3% · 639
75–849.3% · 445
85+3.5% · 168

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.0% · 379
1 car or van43.8% · 976
2 cars or vans30.9% · 687
3 or more8.3% · 184
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.0% · 934
With mortgage26.1% · 581
Shared ownership1.3% · 28
Social rented15.5% · 345
Private rented14.9% · 331
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house31.1% · 693
Semi-detached house49.1% · 1,093
Terraced house11.1% · 247
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 165
Converted house0.3% · 6
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 15
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016054
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
10 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 North25.1% aged 65+ · 58.2% owned4,406OOswestry 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.