SY5 9HW

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 9HR 26 m
SY5 9JU 112 m
SY5 9JT 127 m
SY5 9HN 130 m
SY5 9HP 163 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY5 9HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9
Latitude
52.635581
Longitude
-2.995164
British National Grid easting
332,749
British National Grid northing
304,667

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
E00147773
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 030E · E01033530
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 030 · E02006041

Postcode source versions

Explore SY5

33 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Priory Stores, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HW 25 December 2025 £245,000
Hedge Row Cottage, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HW 16 October 2023 £370,000
Reabank, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HW 25 June 2021 £270,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    634 m
  2. Minsterley Primary School

    Community school

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Burglary 2
  • Vehicle crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

24 female, 17 male

Postcode households
21
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 0.8% 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+
100%
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
69.6%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Little Chef

    BCT · Cefn

    5.0 miles
  • Heldre Turn

    BCT · Buttington

    5.1 miles
  • Breidden Hotel

    BCT · Middletown

    5.1 miles
  • Breidden Hotel

    BCT · Middletown

    5.1 miles
  • Trewern Bus Shelter

    BCT · Trewern

    5.1 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
4
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
3
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

Property market

The five-year median is £307,500 from 2 recorded sales in SY5 9HW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Shropshire is £284,036 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Long Mountain CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 634 m.

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

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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