Featherstone East & Essington

South Staffordshire · West Midlands · population 6,943 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,385 of 6,856 in England
  • #409 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 13 in South Staffordshire
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,948
Median age (est.)46
Density386per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above23%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 24%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 25%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades15%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 34% · Sikh 3%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Featherstone East & Essington is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,385 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 13 in South Staffordshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (65) and lowest on Employment (28). Typical homes here sold for about £240,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 62 sales), 18% below the wider South Staffordshire median of £292,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,051 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 78 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 34 · #4,529
Employment 28 · #4,954
Education 31 · #4,749
Health 40 · #4,145
Crime 42 · #3,953
Housing & access 35 · #4,454
Living environment 65 · #2,404

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · -7.7% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,00062-7.7%-1.4%
Detached£400,00021+11.1%+23.1%
Semi-detached£218,75024-4.4%+4.2%
Terraced£175,00015-14.2%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£240,000
South Staffordshire£292,500
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)£35,051±£5,000 · #5,019 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,672
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

78 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 542 offences
South Staffordshire53
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,973 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences260
Theft37
Burglary26
Vehicle crime89
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons47
Drugs23
Robbery3
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 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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