Meriden, Hampton-in-Arden & Temple Balsall

Solihull · West Midlands · population 7,436 · 4 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,336 of 6,856 in England
  • #206 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #18 of 29 in Solihull
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,344
Median age (est.)48
Density156per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above41%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional13%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 32% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Meriden, Hampton-in-Arden & Temple Balsall is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,336 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 29 in Solihull. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (73) and lowest on Housing & access (24). Typical homes here sold for about £427,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 89 sales), 30% above the wider Solihull median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,422 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 70 · #2,020
Employment 66 · #2,329
Education 73 · #1,849
Health 72 · #1,924
Crime 68 · #2,205
Housing & access 24 · #5,194
Living environment 31 · #4,728

House prices ?

£427,500median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£427,50089+1.8%+6.9%
Detached£625,00043+7.8%+26.9%
Semi-detached£340,25018-2.8%+3.1%
Terraced£290,00019-12.1%-7.9%
Flat£225,0009+8.4%+24.3%
This area£427,500
Solihull£330,000
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)£45,422±£6,506 · #1,977 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,478
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 343 offences
Solihull82
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,783 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences157
Theft21
Burglary27
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons24
Drugs14
Robbery5
Other8

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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