Housing in SY1 2JB
What the homes in SY1 2JB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Shrewsbury Greenfields
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,989 (2024)
SY1 2JBShrewsbury
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (64%). Flats make up 21.6%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
46.9% of households in the SY1 2JB area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 34.2% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 24.2% own outright and 22.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned46.9%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented34.2%20.5%
- Social rented18.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.0 people living in it. 43.3% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (31.2%). 18.8% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Shropshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Shropshire (August 2026, +4.3% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SY1 2JB (Shrewsbury Greenfields) (about 1,989 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.