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The average house price in Oswestry is £223,745 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 3.5%.

England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire

Oswestry

£223,745

Average price, last 12 months

−3.5% in a year
OCT 2016£162kSEPT 2026£224k

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What can I buy with my budget in Oswestry?

With £230,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Oswestry.

£230,000

Oswestry

  • Flats

    £120,237

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £169,672

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £207,199

    In budget

  • Detached

    £322,976

    £93k short

Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.

How much would a mortgage cost in Oswestry?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Oswestry costs £1,119 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Oswestry

    £1,119

    a month

    Average price
    £223,745
    Deposit
    £22,375
    Mortgage
    £201,371
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £44,749

A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.

What does each type of home cost?

Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.

Detached

  • £322,976

Semi-detached

  • £207,199

Terraced

  • £169,672

Flats

  • £120,237

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Oswestry

Mostly terraced houses

30%
31%
34%

How green is Oswestry?

Oswestry has 5 public parks among 40 green space sites. Green space covers 5.1% of the area: about 22 m² per resident, or 3.1 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Oswestry

    5.1%

    of the land is green space
    22 m² per resident, or 3.1 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    5 public parks

Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

How crowded is Oswestry?

Oswestry has about 17 residents for every football pitch of land, or 6,085 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Oswestry
17 people per football pitch of land · 6,085 per square mile

Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).

How have average house prices moved?

Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.

When have prices risen and fallen in Oswestry?

Prices in Oswestry were down on a year earlier in 37 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 3.5% on a year earlier.

Oswestry37 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.

How many homes were sold?

Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.

How do all the numbers compare?

Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.

Latest 12-month average

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    £223,745

Change over 1 year

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    −£8,011

Change over ~10 years

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    +£60,763

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    221

Number of postcodes

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    662

Households (Census 2021)

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    7,963

Household density

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    2,762 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    17,541

Population density

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    6,085 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    22 m² per resident · less than 66% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    5.1%

Public parks

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    5

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    68 per 1,000 · High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    −3.8%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    14 per 1,000

Peak month

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    APR 2025 · £293,000

Most common price band

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    £200k – £300k · 30.7%

Detached average

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    £322,976

Semi-detached average

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    £207,199

Terraced average

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    £169,672

Flats average

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    £120,237

Detached share of sales

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    29.8%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    30.9%

Terraced share of sales

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    34.3%

Flats share of sales

  • Oswestry

    England / Shropshire (Ceremonial) / Shropshire / Oswestry

    5.0%

Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

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