Kingswinford South

Dudley · West Midlands · population 8,974 · 6 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,006 of 6,856 in England
  • #77 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #7 of 43 in Dudley
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,930
Median age (est.)50
Density4,112per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 28%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 6%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 33% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Kingswinford South is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,006 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 43 in Dudley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (88) and lowest on Health (63). Typical homes here sold for about £300,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 114 sales), 24% above the wider Dudley median of £241,250. Typical household take-home income is around £39,115 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 81 · #1,307
Employment 70 · #2,061
Education 67 · #2,247
Health 63 · #2,507
Crime 85 · #1,019
Housing & access 80 · #1,390
Living environment 88 · #841

House prices ?

£300,000median (12m) · +3.5% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£300,000114+3.5%+20.0%
Detached£425,00034+8.8%+18.4%
Semi-detached£280,00057+9.8%+21.7%
Terraced£253,00018+12.4%+46.7%
Flat£175,0005+1.2%-30.0%
This area£300,000
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)£39,115±£5,540 · #3,685 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,439
Price-to-income ?7.7×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 321 offences
Dudley78
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #880 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences127
Theft69
Burglary30
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons17
Drugs11
Robbery2
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 14 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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