Apley & Leegomery

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 6,177 · 4 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,809 of 6,856 in England
  • #349 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #10 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,174
Median age (est.)43
Density1,876per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 14%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors11%
Process & plant10%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 12%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 80%Asian 12%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 35% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Apley & Leegomery is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,809 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (99) but weak on Health (30). Typical homes here sold for about £227,500 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 66 sales), in line with the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,511 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,734 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 36 · #4,420
Employment 41 · #4,070
Education 43 · #3,905
Health 30 · #4,817
Crime 53 · #3,220
Housing & access 41 · #4,070
Living environment 99 · #94

House prices ?

£227,500median (12m) · -5.5% yr · n=66
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£227,50066-5.5%-1.1%
Detached£343,97532+11.4%+22.6%
Semi-detached£200,00019+0.6%+17.6%
Terraced£168,00014+5.7%+15.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£227,500
Telford and Wrekin£227,000
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)£37,734±£5,332 · #4,134 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,409
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 354 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,659 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences208
Theft22
Burglary3
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons45
Drugs16
Robbery4
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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