Wigmore, Orleton & Brimfield

Herefordshire, County of · West Midlands · population 6,261 · 4 LSOAs

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

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,734 of 6,856 in England
  • #339 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #15 of 23 in Herefordshire, County of
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,264
Median age (est.)55
Density27per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 32%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 7%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 26%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 20% · Professional 17% · Managers & directors 16%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades20%
Professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional11%
Elementary10%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%
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 56% · No religion 37% · 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

Wigmore, Orleton & Brimfield sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,734 of 6,856 in England, and #15 of 23 in Herefordshire, County of. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here, about £415,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 65 sales), 43% above the wider Herefordshire, County of median of £290,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,345 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 · #1,979
Employment 77 · #1,575
Education 71 · #2,000
Health 82 · #1,246
Crime 98 · #156
Housing & access 1 · #6,805
Living environment 3 · #6,675

House prices ?

£415,000median (12m) · +14.5% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£415,00065+14.5%+28.5%
Detached£483,75044+11.8%+32.7%
Semi-detached£260,25016+6.2%+6.2%
Terraced£260,0005+15.6%+76.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£415,000
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)£37,345±£5,348 · #4,261 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,114
Price-to-income ?11.1×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

25 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 159 offences
Herefordshire, County of53
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #181 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences66
Theft24
Burglary18
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons17
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 15 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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