Pensett & Kingswinford East

Dudley · West Midlands · population 7,152 · 4 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,001 of 6,856 in England
  • #261 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #19 of 43 in Dudley
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,059
Median age (est.)40
Density3,128per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 13%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Sikh 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

Pensett & Kingswinford East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,001 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 43 in Dudley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (79) and lowest on Education (34). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 102 sales), in line with the wider Dudley median of £241,250. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #944 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,384 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 51 · #3,330
Employment 44 · #3,823
Education 34 · #4,529
Health 49 · #3,487
Crime 55 · #3,083
Housing & access 72 · #1,904
Living environment 79 · #1,417

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +9.1% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000102+9.1%+24.5%
Detached£327,00027+2.2%+17.8%
Semi-detached£222,50053+1.1%+30.9%
Terraced£216,00014+6.4%+23.4%
Flat£156,5008+6.1%+60.1%
This area£240,000
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)£36,384±£5,182 · #4,573 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,867
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 389 offences
Dudley78
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,439 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences206
Theft25
Burglary34
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons25
Drugs7
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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