Abberley, Holt Heath & Hallow

Malvern Hills · West Midlands · population 8,671 · 4 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,370 of 6,856 in England
  • #208 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #5 of 11 in Malvern Hills
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,527
Median age (est.)51
Density75per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above40%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 23% · Professional 22% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors23%
Professional22%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Muslim 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

Abberley, Holt Heath & Hallow is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,370 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 11 in Malvern Hills. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (90) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 93 sales), 45% above the wider Malvern Hills median of £327,500. Typical household take-home income is around £41,667 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 82 · #1,218
Employment 81 · #1,301
Education 88 · #786
Health 90 · #656
Crime 89 · #773
Housing & access 8 · #6,277
Living environment 10 · #6,188

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · +8.0% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,00093+8.0%+20.3%
Detached£525,75060-1.7%+9.5%
Semi-detached£355,00025+6.8%+26.8%
Terraced£263,0008-1.1%+7.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£475,000
Malvern Hills£327,500
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)£41,667±£5,885 · #2,954 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,487
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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 345 offences
Malvern Hills49
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,245 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences166
Theft35
Burglary55
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons27
Drugs6
Robbery3
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 57 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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