Madeley

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 5,484 · 4 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,975 of 6,856 in England
  • #478 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #17 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,322
Median age (est.)49
Density1,998per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above23%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 30%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 26%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 38%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Madeley is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,975 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (83) but weak on Employment (17). Typical homes here, about £210,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 63 sales), 7% below the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,493 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 107 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 33 · #4,618
Employment 17 · #5,715
Education 26 · #5,043
Health 22 · #5,318
Crime 19 · #5,551
Housing & access 61 · #2,685
Living environment 83 · #1,143

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +8.4% yr · n=63
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,00063+8.4%+33.5%
Detached£300,00024+5.8%+29.3%
Semi-detached£197,00021+4.9%+35.9%
Terraced£175,50012+11.4%+35.0%
Flat£75,0006
This area£210,000
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)£29,493±£4,293 · #6,490 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,403
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

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

Rank #5,133 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences277
Theft121
Burglary24
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons61
Drugs24
Robbery10
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 147 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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