Kinver

South Staffordshire · West Midlands · population 7,194 · 5 LSOAs

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,424 of 6,856 in England
  • #116 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #4 of 13 in South Staffordshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,102
Median age (est.)54
Density169per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above36%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 31%65+ 33%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 6%Other: 23%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 6%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 31% · Sikh 1%

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

Kinver is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,424 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 13 in South Staffordshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (85) and lowest on Housing & access (31). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 81 sales), 30% above the wider South Staffordshire median of £292,500. Typical household take-home income is around £39,871 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 78 · #1,520
Employment 68 · #2,171
Education 84 · #1,129
Health 69 · #2,123
Crime 85 · #1,013
Housing & access 31 · #4,721
Living environment 60 · #2,726

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · +2.7% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,00081+2.7%+4.1%
Detached£546,00041+16.2%+17.4%
Semi-detached£330,00023+21.6%+20.0%
Terraced£323,0009+7.7%+23.0%
Flat£238,5008-11.9%
This area£380,000
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)£39,871±£5,683 · #3,466 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,349
Price-to-income ?9.5×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 347 offences
South Staffordshire53
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,961 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences149
Theft36
Burglary17
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons32
Drugs33
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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