Goldenhill & Sandyford

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 7,642 · 4 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,318 of 6,856 in England
  • #505 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,561
Median age (est.)37
Density1,803per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above22%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 23%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 21%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 13%Other: 11%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 13%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 38% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Goldenhill & Sandyford is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,318 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Health (15). Typical homes here, about £155,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 82 sales), in line with the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,046 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 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 22 · #5,338
Employment 21 · #5,393
Education 19 · #5,564
Health 15 · #5,797
Crime 25 · #5,119
Housing & access 84 · #1,115
Living environment 58 · #2,870

House prices ?

£155,000median (12m) · +5.4% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£155,00082+5.4%+30.3%
Detached£271,00018+6.1%+39.0%
Semi-detached£152,00041+7.0%+27.2%
Terraced£123,25022-3.3%+45.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£155,000
Stoke-on-Trent£160,000
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)£33,046±£4,693 · #5,663 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,630
Price-to-income ?4.7×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 658 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,379 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences309
Theft105
Burglary32
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons74
Drugs24
Robbery8
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 140 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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