Wimblebury & Cannock Wood

Cannock Chase · West Midlands · population 6,324 · 4 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,658 of 6,856 in England
  • #236 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #4 of 13 in Cannock Chase
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,456
Median age (est.)44
Density653per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above27%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 30%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 13%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 41% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Wimblebury & Cannock Wood is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,658 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 13 in Cannock Chase. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (91) but weak on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 86 sales), in line with the wider Cannock Chase median of £229,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,475 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 58 · #2,877
Employment 57 · #2,966
Education 55 · #3,090
Health 36 · #4,413
Crime 78 · #1,499
Housing & access 30 · #4,776
Living environment 91 · #615

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +5.0% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,00086+5.0%+21.5%
Detached£375,000330.0%+27.8%
Semi-detached£222,50028-3.3%+27.1%
Terraced£166,25020-5.0%+13.9%
Flat£130,0005+18.2%
This area£240,000
Cannock Chase£229,000
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)£38,475±£5,441 · #3,876 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,837
Price-to-income ?6.2×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 293 offences
Cannock Chase75
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,817 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences164
Theft20
Burglary12
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons27
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 67 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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