OLD KERRY ROAD, SY16 1BL House Prices & Local Information

SY16 1BL is an up-and-coming urban area on Old Kerry Road, 0.8km from Pen-y-Glodfa in Newtown (Powys). Administratively it sits within Newtown East ward and the Montgomeryshire constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SY16 1BL is an older retirement area, many residents well beyond working age. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. Residents here average 55 years — a mature, stable demographic with deep roots in the area and very low property turnover. 66% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 20% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 134 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for SY16 1BL are sourced from Output Area W00002558 (shared with 14 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.