Aldridge Central

Walsall · West Midlands · population 6,948 · 4 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,899 of 6,856 in England
  • #359 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #10 of 39 in Walsall
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,919
Median age (est.)48
Density1,203per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above26%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 21%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 37%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 33% · 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

Aldridge Central is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,899 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 39 in Walsall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Employment (32). Typical homes here sold for about £234,438 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 104 sales), in line with the wider Walsall median of £225,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,690 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,506 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 39 · #4,180
Employment 32 · #4,673
Education 35 · #4,454
Health 36 · #4,372
Crime 47 · #3,631
Housing & access 89 · #738
Living environment 57 · #2,953

House prices ?

£234,438median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=104
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£234,438104+4.2%+15.5%
Detached£437,50012+8.3%+15.9%
Semi-detached£297,50034+16.7%+45.1%
Terraced£230,68820+0.3%+31.8%
Flat£152,25038+21.8%+12.2%
This area£234,438
Walsall£225,000
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)£34,506±£4,926 · #5,191 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,540
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

75Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

82 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 567 offences
Walsall98
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,148 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences192
Theft152
Burglary36
Vehicle crime70
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons39
Drugs4
Robbery10
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 18 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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