# WV16 9: postcode sector in Shropshire

5 live postcodes, all in Shropshire.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Shropshire. Open the map at WV16 9 for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) › [WV16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £277,521** (August 2026). Shropshire’s average house price was £277,521 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,991** (2025). Full-time workers living in Shropshire earned a median of £36,991 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 122nd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.5×** (2025). A home in Shropshire costs 7.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 163rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 17.6** (2025). Shropshire has a deprivation score of 17.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 130th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## About

- Type: Postcode sector
- Live postcodes: 5
- Council: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire)
- Centre: 52.5343, -2.4197

Council: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [South Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-shropshire): Stuart Anderson (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Postcodes in WV16 9

[WV16 9BN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16-9bn), [WV16 9ES](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16-9es), [WV16 9FB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16-9fb), [WV16 9FF](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16-9ff), [WV16 9FN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16-9fn)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16-9