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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006024

Oswestry East

Oswestry East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,918 residents in Shropshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Shropshire
9,918

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,254

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,488.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Kimberworth, Rotherham8,580 residents · 70.6% owned · 20.5% no carEarl Shilton, Hinckley and Bosworth10,630 residents · 67.4% owned · 14.4% no carGolborne, Wigan8,267 residents · 60.9% owned · 21.1% no carOakengates & Ketley, Telford and Wrekin10,465 residents · 58.4% owned · 21.1% no carSwadlincote Central, South Derbyshire7,449 residents · 67.7% owned · 19.9% no carSawley, Erewash9,388 residents · 69.5% owned · 19.5% no car

Most similar within Shropshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Shrewsbury Monkmoor, Shropshire8,654 residents · 60.8% owned · 21.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Oswestry East

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned62%
2,639 households
Social rented21.3%
905 households
Private rented15.5%
661 households
Shared ownership0.9%
39 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48.5%
2,064 households
Detached24.8%
1,056 households
Terraced18.1%
772 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7%
298 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
22 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.4%
1,889 households
2 cars or vans in household28.3%
1,203 households
No cars or vans in household19.2%
815 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.2%
347 households
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.7%
2,116 households
2 bedrooms32.3%
1,375 households
4 or more bedrooms12.9%
547 households
1 bedroom5.1%
216 households
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.7%
2,708 households
One-person household31%
1,320 households
Other household types5.3%
225 households
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.6%
1,474 households
1 person in household31%
1,320 households
3 people in household16.1%
684 households
4 people in household12.3%
522 households
5 people in household3.7%
156 households
6 people in household1.7%
73 households
7 people in household0.4%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,713 residents
15–2915.8%
1,570 residents
30–4418.4%
1,825 residents
45–6427.4%
2,716 residents
65 and over21.1%
2,094 residents
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
9,624 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%
149 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.6%
59 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
50 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
35 residents
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above22.6%
1,836 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.8%
1,602 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
1,441 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.9%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
1,009 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
588 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.2%
4,876 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.3%
3,108 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
122 residents aged 16 and over
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.4%
1,490 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.1%
1,388 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
1,353 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
933 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
746 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.2%
665 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.7%
621 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.5%
523 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.5%
4,409 residents
Good health35.2%
3,490 residents
Fair health14.4%
1,432 residents
Bad health4.7%
463 residents
Very bad health1.3%
125 residents
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.8%
7,910 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.2%
2,008 residents
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.1%
1,961 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.9%
1,484 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.6%
662 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
149 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Oswestry East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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