Woodsetton

Dudley · West Midlands · population 7,672 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,228 of 6,856 in England
  • #497 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #31 of 43 in Dudley
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,580
Median age (est.)40
Density4,494per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above21%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 30%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 15%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 15%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Elementary13%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 4%Black: 4%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 89%Asian 4%Black 4%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Woodsetton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,228 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 43 in Dudley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Education (13). Typical homes here, about £212,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 76 sales), 12% below the wider Dudley median of £241,250. Typical household take-home income is around £32,679 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 21 · #5,420
Employment 15 · #5,797
Education 13 · #5,935
Health 26 · #5,036
Crime 30 · #4,810
Housing & access 80 · #1,342
Living environment 66 · #2,294

House prices ?

£212,000median (12m) · +11.6% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£212,00076+11.6%+25.4%
Detached£320,0007+8.5%+8.8%
Semi-detached£220,00043+12.2%+37.5%
Terraced£195,00021+18.2%+36.8%
Flat£105,0005
This area£212,000
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)£32,679±£4,623 · #5,777 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,006
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 426 offences
Dudley78
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,517 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences232
Theft29
Burglary32
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons32
Drugs12
Robbery6
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 22 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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