Wythall & Gay Hill

Bromsgrove · West Midlands · population 6,520 · 4 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #855 of 6,856 in England
  • #61 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #5 of 14 in Bromsgrove
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,355
Median age (est.)50
Density372per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 4%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 25%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 32% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Wythall & Gay Hill is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #855 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 14 in Bromsgrove. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (86) and lowest on Living environment (54). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 71 sales), 6% above the wider Bromsgrove median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,816 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 73 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 86 · #937
Employment 77 · #1,595
Education 85 · #1,019
Health 78 · #1,479
Crime 72 · #1,917
Housing & access 60 · #2,740
Living environment 54 · #3,158

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · -10.3% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,00071-10.3%+14.1%
Detached£453,52526-11.1%+0.4%
Semi-detached£360,00033+2.9%+19.1%
Terraced£287,5008-11.5%-0.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£365,000
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)£40,816±£5,839 · #3,170 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,685
Price-to-income ?8.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than 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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

73 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 475 offences
Bromsgrove54
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,716 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences149
Theft166
Burglary31
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons21
Drugs12
Robbery9
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 58 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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