Catshill

Bromsgrove · West Midlands · population 6,044 · 4 LSOAs

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

49Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,494 of 6,856 in England
  • #313 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 14 in Bromsgrove
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,959
Median age (est.)43
Density2,407per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 19%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Skilled trades 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Skilled trades14%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 44% · Sikh 1%

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

Catshill sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,494 of 6,856 in England, and #13 of 14 in Bromsgrove. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (72) and lowest on Education (30). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 79 sales), 18% below the wider Bromsgrove median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,781 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 42 · #3,953
Employment 37 · #4,289
Education 30 · #4,776
Health 58 · #2,850
Crime 39 · #4,186
Housing & access 72 · #1,945
Living environment 66 · #2,329

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +9.4% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,00079+9.4%+16.7%
Detached£435,00023+14.9%+33.8%
Semi-detached£280,00028+1.8%+23.1%
Terraced£214,25024+2.0%+27.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£280,000
Bromsgrove£343,000
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)£37,781±£5,333 · #4,118 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,635
Price-to-income ?7.4×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 352 offences
Bromsgrove54
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,730 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences175
Theft49
Burglary26
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons31
Drugs13
Robbery3
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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