Housing in SY21 7BB
What the homes in SY21 7BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Welshpool
- Council
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,534 (2024)
SY21 7BBWelshpool
What homes look like here
Most homes here are terraced (27.3%). Flats make up 29%, more than double the 12.5% across Wales.
Owning vs renting
Across Wales, 66.1% of households own their home; the SY21 7BB area is less than half that, at 27.5%. The private rented sector is well above the national picture, at 25.5% of households against 17%. 18.1% own outright and 9.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned27.5%66.1%
- Shared ownership0%0.3%
- Private rented25.5%17%
- Social rented46.2%16.5%
- Lives rent free0.7%0.2%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 42.7% of households are one person living alone, against 31.9% across Wales.
Who lives together
The most common household is living alone, under 66, at 24.4%. 21.3% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Powys
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Powys, August 2026, +9.1% on a year earlier. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood SY21 7BB sits in (Welshpool): about 1,534 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.