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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006025

Oswestry West

Oswestry West is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,568 residents in Shropshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Shropshire
9,568

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,474

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,351.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.6%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Oswestry West

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

Tenure

Owned60.1%
2,691 households
Private rented26%
1,165 households
Social rented13.2%
589 households
Shared ownership0.6%
26 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached34.7%
1,552 households
Terraced27%
1,208 households
Semi-detached19.5%
871 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.5%
559 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
104 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.1%
93 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.9%
83 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.8%
1,961 households
2 cars or vans in household26.2%
1,170 households
No cars or vans in household21.7%
971 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.3%
372 households
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33.6%
1,502 households
2 bedrooms32.5%
1,452 households
4 or more bedrooms23.1%
1,034 households
1 bedroom10.8%
484 households
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household57.9%
2,593 households
One-person household37%
1,656 households
Other household types5.1%
226 households
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37%
1,656 households
2 people in household35.9%
1,604 households
3 people in household13.7%
611 households
4 people in household8.8%
395 households
5 people in household3.4%
151 households
6 people in household0.9%
40 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.6%
1,300 residents
15–2917.4%
1,664 residents
30–4415.8%
1,511 residents
45–6429.5%
2,827 residents
65 and over23.7%
2,267 residents
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.1%
9,195 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
127 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
112 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
67 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
66 residents
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.6%
2,580 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,379 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.8%
1,372 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
1,310 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%
830 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
470 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
233 residents aged 16 and over
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.6%
4,706 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.9%
3,341 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.1%
1,640 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15%
1,229 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
1,110 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
896 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
893 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.6%
867 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.3%
512 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6%
491 residents aged 16 and over
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.3%
4,523 residents
Good health33.9%
3,239 residents
Fair health14.1%
1,347 residents
Bad health3.7%
357 residents
Very bad health1.1%
101 residents
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.2%
7,672 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.8%
1,896 residents
Oswestry West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.5%
2,170 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,528 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.1%
629 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
140 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Oswestry West · 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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