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Electoral wardE05016056

Oswestry South East ward, Shropshire

Oswestry South East is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,686 residents in 1,406 households — 2,401 people per km², the 53rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20213,686council ward average 4,494
Households1,4062.62 residents per household
Density2,401/ km²about 1.54 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+15.7%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.2% · 303
5–97.6% · 280
10–157.2% · 266
16–194.4% · 162
20–244.8% · 177
25–3414.7% · 543
35–4919.2% · 709
50–6418.0% · 665
65–748.4% · 310
75–845.0% · 184
85+2.3% · 86

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.1% · 296
1 car or van44.8% · 630
2 cars or vans25.9% · 364
3 or more8.3% · 116
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.1% · 381
With mortgage27.0% · 380
Shared ownership0.4% · 5
Social rented28.0% · 393
Private rented17.3% · 243
Lives rent free0.3% · 4

Type of home

Detached house20.9% · 295
Semi-detached house44.5% · 628
Terraced house27.0% · 380
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 73
Converted house0.9% · 13
Other conversion1.2% · 17
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016056
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
12 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 South22.6% aged 65+ · 59.2% owned4,611PPrees27.3% 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.