Hollybush & Blurton North

Stoke-on-Trent · West Midlands · population 5,972 · 4 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,769 of 6,856 in England
  • #452 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #11 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,974
Median age (est.)41
Density2,398per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above20%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 20%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 13%Other: 16%
One person 25%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 13%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional12%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 39% · 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

Hollybush & Blurton North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,769 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 33 in Stoke-on-Trent. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (72) but weak on Health (17). Typical homes here, about £177,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 68 sales), 11% above the wider Stoke-on-Trent median of £160,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,282 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 72 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 29 · #4,865
Employment 27 · #5,023
Education 21 · #5,407
Health 17 · #5,695
Crime 45 · #3,761
Housing & access 68 · #2,205
Living environment 72 · #1,911

House prices ?

£177,500median (12m) · +4.4% yr · n=68
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£177,50068+4.4%+26.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£176,75062+6.5%+32.4%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=0)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£177,500
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)£34,282±£4,851 · #5,251 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,295
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

72 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 427 offences
Stoke-on-Trent117
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,635 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences248
Theft35
Burglary20
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons34
Drugs13
Robbery5
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 68 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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