Brownhills

Walsall · West Midlands · population 6,440 · 4 LSOAs

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

15Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,825 of 6,856 in England
  • #571 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #23 of 39 in Walsall
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,415
Median age (est.)42
Density2,903per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above17%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 34%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 15% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Skilled trades15%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant11%
Professional10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Muslim 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

Brownhills is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,825 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 39 in Walsall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (65) but weak on Education (8). Typical homes here, about £205,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 51 sales), 9% below the wider Walsall median of £225,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,646 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 70 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 15 · #5,811
Employment 11 · #6,078
Education 8 · #6,318
Health 15 · #5,832
Crime 25 · #5,160
Housing & access 65 · #2,411
Living environment 65 · #2,377

House prices ?

£205,000median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=51
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,00051+2.5%+30.2%
Detached£252,5006+3.1%
Semi-detached£205,00031+2.5%+28.9%
Terraced£195,00012+0.6%+25.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£205,000
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)£30,646±£4,351 · #6,275 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,629
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 453 offences
Walsall98
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,551 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences239
Theft45
Burglary20
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons24
Drugs7
Robbery4
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 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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