Brandhall

Sandwell · West Midlands · population 8,696 · 5 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,975 of 6,856 in England
  • #478 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #9 of 39 in Sandwell
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,658
Median age (est.)40
Density4,507per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above25%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 21%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 71%Asian: 14%Black: 7%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 71%Asian 14%Black 7%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 34% · Sikh 7%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Brandhall is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,975 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 39 in Sandwell. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Employment (20). Typical homes here, about £226,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 90 sales), in line with the wider Sandwell median of £218,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,323 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 75 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 21 · #5,427
Employment 20 · #5,496
Education 29 · #4,886
Health 25 · #5,119
Crime 34 · #4,488
Housing & access 86 · #965
Living environment 45 · #3,789

House prices ?

£226,000median (12m) · +13.3% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£226,00090+13.3%+35.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£236,50045+4.2%+26.1%
Terraced£220,00033+15.2%+46.7%
Flat£65,0009-35.6%-24.0%
This area£226,000
Sandwell£218,000
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)£35,323±£5,000 · #4,923 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,644
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

75 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 654 offences
Sandwell100
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,834 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences326
Theft112
Burglary18
Vehicle crime62
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons35
Drugs19
Robbery8
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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