Housing in SY4 1EA
What the homes in SY4 1EA 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 1EAShrewsbury
What homes look like here
Most homes here are detached (58.2%). Flats make up 19.9%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the SY4 1EA area is broadly in line with that, at 66.8%. The private rented sector is below the national picture, at 16.4% of households against 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%
Who owns, who rents from whom
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 living alone, 66 and over, at 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. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood SY4 1EA sits in (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.