Halesowen East

Dudley · West Midlands · population 6,129 · 4 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #786 of 6,856 in England
  • #58 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #6 of 43 in Dudley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,117
Median age (est.)48
Density1,190per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above34%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 27%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%
Elementary5%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 9%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 84%Asian 9%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 31% · Sikh 5%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Halesowen East is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #786 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 43 in Dudley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (96) and lowest on Living environment (51). Typical homes here sold for about £367,500 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 67 sales), 52% above the wider Dudley median of £241,250. Typical household take-home income is around £42,479 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 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 86 · #951
Employment 75 · #1,705
Education 77 · #1,602
Health 78 · #1,479
Crime 74 · #1,780
Housing & access 96 · #300
Living environment 51 · #3,378

House prices ?

£367,500median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£367,50067+1.4%+24.6%
Detached£450,00017-1.1%+31.4%
Semi-detached£358,75024-3.7%+20.6%
Terraced£343,00019+7.2%+24.7%
Flat£141,0007+7.0%+22.6%
This area£367,500
Dudley£241,250
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)£42,479±£5,998 · #2,711 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,036
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 234 offences
Dudley78
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,095 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences81
Theft43
Burglary29
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson8
Public order & weapons17
Drugs6
Robbery4
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 10 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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