Hawbush

Dudley · West Midlands · population 8,840 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,838 of 6,856 in England
  • #460 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #29 of 43 in Dudley
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,885
Median age (est.)37
Density4,325per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 25%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 16%Other: 10%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 16%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 42% · Muslim 2%

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

Hawbush is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,838 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 43 in Dudley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (78) but weak on Education (22). Typical homes here sold for about £204,500 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 100 sales), 15% below the wider Dudley median of £241,250. Typical household take-home income is around £32,437 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 26 · #5,091
Employment 24 · #5,242
Education 22 · #5,379
Health 29 · #4,845
Crime 36 · #4,378
Housing & access 78 · #1,534
Living environment 45 · #3,761

House prices ?

£204,500median (12m) · +10.5% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£204,500100+10.5%+21.9%
Detached£327,5006+44.0%
Semi-detached£210,00054+2.4%+22.1%
Terraced£193,00033+13.5%+24.5%
Flat£79,0007+14.5%
This area£204,500
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)£32,437±£4,625 · #5,840 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,616
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 617 offences
Dudley78
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,520 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences307
Theft94
Burglary39
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons41
Drugs10
Robbery8
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 29 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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