Brownhills West & Clayhanger

Walsall · West Midlands · population 6,992 · 4 LSOAs

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

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,269 of 6,856 in England
  • #399 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 39 in Walsall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,021
Median age (est.)41
Density1,396per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above22%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 18%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 12%Other: 14%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 12%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Sikh 2%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Brownhills West & Clayhanger is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,269 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 39 in Walsall. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (63) and lowest on Education (29). Typical homes here, about £225,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 36% in five years (from 73 sales), in line with the wider Walsall median of £225,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,018 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,868 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 112 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 38 · #4,221
Employment 33 · #4,605
Education 29 · #4,872
Health 30 · #4,831
Crime 35 · #4,481
Housing & access 57 · #2,925
Living environment 63 · #2,555

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · +4.7% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,00073+4.7%+36.4%
Detached£312,50024+8.7%+52.4%
Semi-detached£220,00032+6.0%+36.1%
Terraced£200,00013+3.1%+29.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£225,000
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)£35,868±£5,085 · #4,754 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,618
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

112 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 782 offences
Walsall98
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,260 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences314
Theft181
Burglary38
Vehicle crime73
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons64
Drugs10
Robbery20
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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