Bidford & Welford

Stratford-on-Avon · West Midlands · population 11,660 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,801 of 6,856 in England
  • #156 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #9 of 15 in Stratford-on-Avon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,181
Median age (est.)48
Density185per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 13%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 36% · Other 0%

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

Bidford & Welford is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,801 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 15 in Stratford-on-Avon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (79) but weak on Housing & access (22). Typical homes here sold for about £375,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 145 sales), in line with the wider Stratford-on-Avon median of £370,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,123 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 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 68 · #2,226
Employment 73 · #1,849
Education 76 · #1,643
Health 79 · #1,424
Crime 74 · #1,774
Housing & access 22 · #5,311
Living environment 59 · #2,836

House prices ?

£375,000median (12m) · +7.1% yr · n=145
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£375,000145+7.1%+18.9%
Detached£487,50088-11.4%+16.1%
Semi-detached£295,00030-2.8%+9.3%
Terraced£260,00018+2.0%+21.8%
Flat£165,0009+11.1%-8.3%
This area£375,000
Stratford-on-Avon£370,000
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)£42,123±£5,932 · #2,817 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,082
Price-to-income ?8.9×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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 499 offences
Stratford-on-Avon53
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,499 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences249
Theft49
Burglary48
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons53
Drugs7
Robbery6
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 143 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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