Canley & Westwood Heath

Coventry · West Midlands · population 9,488 · 5 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,961 of 6,856 in England
  • #477 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #25 of 42 in Coventry
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,985
Median age (est.)30
Density2,209per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 26%25–44 23%45–64 20%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 31%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 14%Other: 23%
One person 29%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 14%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Elementary 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Elementary14%
Managers & directors12%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 18%Black: 8%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 68%Asian 18%Black 8%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · No religion 38% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Canley & Westwood Heath is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,961 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 42 in Coventry. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (80) but weak on Education (19). Typical homes here sold for about £262,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 66 sales), 14% above the wider Coventry median of £230,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,788 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 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 28 · #4,954
Employment 32 · #4,687
Education 19 · #5,530
Health 23 · #5,304
Crime 42 · #3,988
Housing & access 45 · #3,761
Living environment 80 · #1,349

House prices ?

£262,500median (12m) · +25.0% yr · n=66
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£262,50066+25.0%+15.4%
Detached£525,00021-12.5%+2.9%
Semi-detached£200,00033-7.0%-12.1%
Terraced£235,0007+27.0%+28.7%
Flat£146,0005-1.0%-20.2%
This area£262,500
Coventry£230,000
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)£35,788±£5,108 · #4,783 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,075
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 813 offences
Coventry94
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,353 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences414
Theft142
Burglary57
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons54
Drugs12
Robbery7
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 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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