Housing in SY5 0RT
What the homes in SY5 0RT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hanwood, Pontesbury & Minsterley
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,008 (2024)
SY5 0RTShrewsbury
What homes look like here
Most homes here are detached (50.8%). Flats make up 10.3%, less than half the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
Across England, 61.3% of households own their home; the SY5 0RT area is above that, at 74.1%. The private rented sector is well below the national picture, at 12.3% of households against 20.5%. 48.2% own outright and 25.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned74.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.1%1%
- Private rented12.3%20.5%
- Social rented12.5%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. 28.8% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is family, all aged 66 and over, at 19.7%. 20.8% 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. Published by council, not by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren't published for single postcodes, so everything on this tab describes the neighbourhood SY5 0RT sits in (Hanwood, Pontesbury & Minsterley): about 2,008 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.