Housing in SY4 1DY
What the homes in SY4 1DY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Bomere Heath & Montford Bridge
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,721 (2024)
SY4 1DYShrewsbury
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (58.2%). Flats make up 19.9%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
66.8% of households in the SY4 1DY area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 16.4% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 42.8% own outright and 24% with a mortgage.
- Owned66.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented16.4%20.5%
- Social rented16.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 31.3% 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 66 or over (21.4%). 17.5% 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 SY4 1DY (Bomere Heath & Montford Bridge) (about 1,721 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.