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Electoral wardE05016055

Oswestry South ward, Shropshire

Oswestry South is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,611 residents in 2,233 households — 2,348 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,611council ward average 4,494
Households2,2332.06 residents per household
Density2,348/ km²about 1.96 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+22.6%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.8% · 128
5–94.0% · 184
10–155.9% · 274
16–197.0% · 321
20–245.4% · 248
25–3411.3% · 522
35–4918.6% · 858
50–6422.5% · 1,038
65–7411.1% · 513
75–847.9% · 364
85+3.6% · 165

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.8% · 531
1 car or van43.3% · 968
2 cars or vans24.9% · 557
3 or more7.9% · 177
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.6% · 795
With mortgage23.7% · 529
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented8.4% · 187
Private rented32.3% · 722

Type of home

Detached house28.8% · 643
Semi-detached house17.8% · 399
Terraced house30.2% · 676
Purpose-built flat12.8% · 287
Converted house3.6% · 81
Other conversion3.0% · 68
Above shop / office3.6% · 81
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016055
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
15 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 North East26.1% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned4,808OOswestry 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.