SY5 9HJ

Chirbury & Worthen · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shrewsbury
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY5 9HH 127 m
SY5 9HQ 643 m
SY5 9HL 815 m
SY5 9JR 1.1 km
SY5 9HG 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY5 9HJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9
Latitude
52.647517
Longitude
-2.979309
British National Grid easting
333,840
British National Grid northing
305,980

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
E00147775
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 030E · E01033530
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 030 · E02006041

Postcode source versions

Explore SY5

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Pleasant View, Westbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HJ 23 September 2003 £122,000
18, Pleasant View, Westbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HJ 1 November 1997 £47,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Long Mountain CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km
  2. Westbury School

    Other independent special school

    3.8 km
  3. Minsterley Primary School

    Community school

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
SY5 9 residents
5,036

Age bands in SY5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

752 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

484 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

929 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

1,579 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

1,143 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY5 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • WESTBURY MEDICAL CENTRE

    WESTBURY, SHREWSBURY, SY5 9QX

    ODS code M82013

    3.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Breidden Hotel

    BCT · Middletown

    4.7 miles
  • Breidden Hotel

    BCT · Middletown

    4.7 miles
  • Little Chef

    BCT · Cefn

    5.0 miles
  • Trewern Bus Shelter

    BCT · Trewern

    5.0 miles
  • Criggion Lane

    BCT · Trewern

    5.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 030E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,159 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Long Mountain CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

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