Property market
The five-year median is £195,000 from 1,129 recorded sales in SY16. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Powys is £231,004 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.
SY16
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 831
- Current units
- 691
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- Wales
- English regions represented
- W99999999
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 140
Postcode sectors in SY16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
6,796 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 44, Crescent Gardens, Newtown, SY16 2HQ | 20 July 2026 | £155,000 |
| 1, Orchard Terrace, Newtown, SY16 1AX | 13 July 2026 | £86,000 |
| Stanton, Brynwood Drive, Newtown, SY16 2EG | 13 July 2026 | £371,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,842
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 919
- Criminal damage and arson 179
- Public order 148
- Anti social behaviour 141
- Other theft 101
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SY16 usual residents
- 16,008
- Age-profile population
- 16,192
Age bands in SY16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17%
- 2,760 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- 1,760 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.6%
- 3,653 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- 4,397 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.4%
- 3,622 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 672 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 562 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 473 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 24 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK STREET, NEWTOWN, SY16 1EF
ODS code W96015
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,842 published events cover 12 months, averaging 154 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 919 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.