Oakengates & Ketley

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 10,385 · 6 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,694 of 6,856 in England
  • #444 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #14 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,464
Median age (est.)42
Density2,183per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above22%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 22%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary14%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 42% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Oakengates & Ketley is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,694 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (81) but weak on Health (20). Typical homes here, about £199,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 132 sales), 12% below the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,632 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 90 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 30 · #4,776
Employment 24 · #5,228
Education 28 · #4,927
Health 20 · #5,516
Crime 37 · #4,289
Housing & access 53 · #3,213
Living environment 81 · #1,321

House prices ?

£199,000median (12m) · +6.8% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£199,000132+6.8%+37.2%
Detached£297,50038-5.6%+38.4%
Semi-detached£183,75064+1.0%+28.5%
Terraced£198,50026+20.3%+55.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£199,000
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)£33,632±£4,746 · #5,461 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,361
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

90 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 929 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,528 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences398
Theft191
Burglary49
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson85
Public order & weapons77
Drugs44
Robbery20
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 203 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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