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Electoral wardE05016071

St Oswald ward, Shropshire

St Oswald is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,827 residents in 1,963 households — 79 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Shropshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,827council ward average 4,494
Households1,9632.46 residents per household
Density79/ km²about 61.10 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+25.7%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.4% · 214
5–95.1% · 246
10–157.1% · 341
16–194.6% · 222
20–244.0% · 192
25–349.5% · 459
35–4915.9% · 765
50–6423.7% · 1,145
65–7413.9% · 672
75–847.9% · 382
85+3.9% · 186

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.4% · 146
1 car or van35.5% · 698
2 cars or vans38.8% · 762
3 or more18.3% · 359
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.8% · 900
With mortgage29.6% · 581
Shared ownership0.9% · 17
Social rented11.0% · 215
Private rented12.6% · 248
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house62.3% · 1,221
Semi-detached house24.3% · 476
Terraced house9.1% · 179
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 48
Converted house0.6% · 12
Other conversion0.6% · 12
Above shop / office0.3% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 8
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016071
Constituency
North Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
50 of 72

Parishes in the ward

Oswestry Rural

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% owned4,611OOswestry 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% owned9,019

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.