Golden Valley

Herefordshire, County of · West Midlands · population 6,138 · 4 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,145 of 6,856 in England
  • #384 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #16 of 23 in Herefordshire, County of
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,060
Median age (est.)53
Density22per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 8%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 22% · Professional 17% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades22%
Professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional12%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Golden Valley is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,145 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 23 in Herefordshire, County of. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £370,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 59 sales), 28% above the wider Herefordshire, County of median of £290,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,615 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 24 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 59 · #2,822
Employment 76 · #1,664
Education 66 · #2,329
Health 83 · #1,150
Crime 98 · #115
Housing & access 0 · #6,846
Living environment 2 · #6,750

House prices ?

£370,000median (12m) · +6.5% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£370,00059+6.5%-3.9%
Detached£490,00036+8.9%+6.3%
Semi-detached£276,00012+4.2%+45.3%
Terraced£191,50011-14.5%+62.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£370,000
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)£37,615±£5,348 · #4,171 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,398
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 150 offences
Herefordshire, County of53
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #143 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences89
Theft19
Burglary14
Vehicle crime3
Criminal damage & arson10
Public order & weapons10
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other1

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 13 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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