Brookside

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 7,145 · 5 LSOAs

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

10Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,154 of 6,856 in England
  • #613 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #21 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,131
Median age (est.)37
Density4,665per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above19%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 12%25–44 25%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 16%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 18%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 18%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Process & plant 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Process & plant15%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional10%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 2%Black: 8%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 2%Black 8%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Brookside is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,154 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (89) but weak on Employment (8). Typical homes here, about £195,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 50% in five years (from 49 sales), 14% below the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,006 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 82 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 11 · #6,078
Employment 8 · #6,332
Education 11 · #6,106
Health 14 · #5,880
Crime 12 · #6,051
Housing & access 39 · #4,186
Living environment 89 · #759

House prices ?

£195,000median (12m) · +17.1% yr · n=49
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£195,00049+17.1%+50.1%
Detached£272,50018+9.0%+26.7%
Semi-detached£198,50010+16.8%+38.8%
Terraced£136,50018+5.0%+36.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£195,000
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)£34,006±£4,840 · #5,339 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,503
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

82 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 589 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,193 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences356
Theft48
Burglary26
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons48
Drugs28
Robbery6
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 112 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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