Housing in SY5 9BB
What the homes in SY5 9BB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Four Crosses & Guilsfield
- Council
- Powys
- Region
- Wales
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,310 (2024)
SY5 9BBShrewsbury
What homes look like here
Most homes here are detached (76.1%). Flats make up 1.6%, less than half the 12.5% across Wales.
Owning vs renting
Across Wales, 66.1% of households own their home; the SY5 9BB area is above that, at 81.3%. The private rented sector is well below the national picture, at 12.2% of households against 17%. 49.6% own outright and 31.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned81.3%66.1%
- Shared ownership0%0.3%
- Private rented12.2%17%
- Social rented6.5%16.5%
- Lives rent free0%0.2%
Who owns, who rents from whom
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 23.3% of households are one person living alone, against 31.9% across Wales.
Who lives together
The most common household is couple, no children, at 24.2%. 22.4% 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 SY5 9BB sits in (Four Crosses & Guilsfield): about 2,310 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.