Priorslee

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 8,480 · 4 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,609 of 6,856 in England
  • #136 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #4 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,044
Median age (est.)39
Density1,880per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above38%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 11%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 18%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 18%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant6%
Elementary6%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 11%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 82%Asian 11%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 39% · Sikh 6%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Priorslee is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,609 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (99) and lowest on Housing & access (45). Typical homes here sold for about £321,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 143 sales), 41% above the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,577 a year, in the top third 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 56 · #3,001
Employment 72 · #1,917
Education 82 · #1,218
Health 51 · #3,330
Crime 72 · #1,945
Housing & access 45 · #3,768
Living environment 99 · #60

House prices ?

£321,000median (12m) · -0.1% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£321,000143-0.1%+16.7%
Detached£370,000970.0%+20.8%
Semi-detached£240,00027+0.3%+8.4%
Terraced£210,00018-3.4%+28.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£321,000
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)£49,577±£7,153 · #1,132 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,315
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 483 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,638 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences265
Theft58
Burglary16
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons45
Drugs27
Robbery3
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 99 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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