Hanwood, Pontesbury & Minsterley

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 8,274 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

53Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,199 of 6,856 in England
  • #281 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #16 of 39 in Shropshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,233
Median age (est.)51
Density105per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above35%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 28%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 14%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Skilled trades 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Skilled trades16%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary8%
Administrative8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 34% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Hanwood, Pontesbury & Minsterley sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,199 of 6,856 in England, and #16 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (79) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, down 7% across five years (from 129 sales), in line with the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,588 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,299 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 59 · #2,822
Employment 56 · #2,994
Education 63 · #2,534
Health 54 · #3,124
Crime 79 · #1,410
Housing & access 6 · #6,414
Living environment 61 · #2,672

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · -16.9% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,000129-16.9%-6.9%
Detached£370,00048-8.6%+6.3%
Semi-detached£248,00058-1.8%+34.1%
Terraced£225,00019-6.2%+18.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£270,000
Shropshire£275,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,299±£5,264 · #4,281 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,656
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 314 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,084 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences191
Theft28
Burglary16
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons35
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 64 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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