SY5 0LS

Chirbury & Worthen · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY5 0NU 27 m
SY5 0NT 384 m
SY5 0NS 411 m
SY5 0LW 609 m
SY5 0LP 645 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY5 0LS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 0
Latitude
52.614920
Longitude
-2.918617
British National Grid easting
337,900
British National Grid northing
302,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04011397
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00147774
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 030F · E01035071
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 030 · E02006041

Postcode source versions

Explore SY5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Minsterley Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km
  2. Pontesbury CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.2 km
  3. Mary Webb School and Science College

    Academy converter

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Drugs 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SY5 0 residents
6,212

Age bands in SY5 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

891 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

550 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.4%

1,161 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,832 residents

Age 65 and over
29.7%

1,872 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • PONTESBURY & WORTHEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HALL BANK, PONTESBURY, SHREWSBURY, SY5 0RF

    ODS code M82030

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Carding Mill Valley

    BCT · Devils Mouth

    6.6 miles
  • Church Stretton Rail Station

    RLY · Church Stretton

    7.2 miles
  • Breidden Hotel

    BCT · Middletown

    8.0 miles
  • Breidden Hotel

    BCT · Middletown

    8.0 miles
  • Gains Park Way Shelter

    BCS · Bicton Heath

    8.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 030F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,042 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Minsterley Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Drugs with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.