Colwall, Cradley & Wellington Heath

Herefordshire, County of · West Midlands · population 5,922 · 4 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,486 of 6,856 in England
  • #218 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #5 of 23 in Herefordshire, County of
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,801
Median age (est.)56
Density74per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above47%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 7%25–44 16%45–64 32%65+ 34%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 10%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 6%Other: 25%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 6%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure6%
Process & plant4%
Sales & customer service4%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 34% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Colwall, Cradley & Wellington Heath is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,486 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 23 in Herefordshire, County of. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Housing & access (9). Typical homes here sold for about £490,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 81 sales), 69% above the wider Herefordshire, County of median of £290,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,954 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 25 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 71 · #1,986
Employment 69 · #2,144
Education 72 · #1,931
Health 72 · #1,945
Crime 94 · #382
Housing & access 9 · #6,236
Living environment 33 · #4,584

House prices ?

£490,000median (12m) · +1.0% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£490,00081+1.0%+15.3%
Detached£547,50054+1.4%+21.7%
Semi-detached£325,00019-13.3%0.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£270,0005-43.2%
This area£490,000
Herefordshire, County of£290,000
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)£42,954±£6,241 · #2,597 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,271
Price-to-income ?11.4×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

25 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 147 offences
Herefordshire, County of53
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #156 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences77
Theft7
Burglary26
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons9
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 18 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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