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Oswestry East

Middle area

North west Shropshire. 9,985 people in 4.0 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Oswestry East’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£205,000
1,588th lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,918
1,215th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Oswestry East compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price39 middle areas, Shropshire · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Shropshire39 areas from £205,000 to £395,000. The middle area is £280,000. Oswestry East is £205,000.
£205,000lowest
Population39 middle areas, Shropshire · 2021
Population: every middle area in Shropshire39 areas from 5,452 to 12,588. The middle area is 8,183. Oswestry East is 9,918.
9,9189th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage39 middle areas, Shropshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Shropshire39 areas from 20.8% to 99.0%. The middle area is 76.2%. Oswestry East is 97.8%.
97.8%5th highest
Claimant rate39 middle areas, Shropshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Shropshire39 areas from 1.3% to 4.3%. The middle area is 2.2%. Oswestry East is 3.0%.
3.0%joint 8th highest

Figures for the whole of Shropshire

These figures are published for the whole of Shropshire, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Shropshire and not Oswestry East alone. See Shropshire

Average house price
£275,232
Down 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,991
122nd lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
167th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.6
130th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Oswestry East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Oswestry East was £205,000 in 2025.

Oswestry East had 9,918 usual residents at the census.

In Oswestry East, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Oswestry East, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.