Shell Corner & Hurst Green

Dudley · West Midlands · population 9,047 · 5 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,200 of 6,856 in England
  • #387 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #23 of 43 in Dudley
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,896
Median age (est.)37
Density4,025per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above26%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 14%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 72%Asian: 17%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 72%Asian 17%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · No religion 36% · Muslim 13%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Shell Corner & Hurst Green is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,200 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 43 in Dudley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (93) but weak on Employment (29). Typical homes here sold for about £235,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 95 sales), in line with the wider Dudley median of £241,250. Typical household take-home income is around £35,310 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 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 30 · #4,783
Employment 29 · #4,879
Education 34 · #4,495
Health 36 · #4,392
Crime 50 · #3,419
Housing & access 93 · #505
Living environment 33 · #4,611

House prices ?

£235,000median (12m) · +4.4% yr · n=95
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£235,00095+4.4%+11.9%
Detached£332,50016+5.6%+10.8%
Semi-detached£250,00050+8.7%+23.2%
Terraced£175,00029-10.3%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£235,000
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)£35,310±£5,080 · #4,930 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,525
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 582 offences
Dudley78
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,152 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences285
Theft63
Burglary32
Vehicle crime87
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons46
Drugs16
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 28 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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