Walsall Wood

Walsall · West Midlands · population 6,405 · 4 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,762 of 6,856 in England
  • #450 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #15 of 39 in Walsall
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,402
Median age (est.)42
Density1,414per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above22%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 20%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 14%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 14%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary13%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 38% · Sikh 2%

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

Walsall Wood is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,762 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 39 in Walsall. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Education (20). Typical homes here, about £224,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 94 sales), in line with the wider Walsall median of £225,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,846 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 108 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 32 · #4,666
Employment 24 · #5,174
Education 20 · #5,482
Health 24 · #5,228
Crime 23 · #5,304
Housing & access 84 · #1,115
Living environment 49 · #3,467

House prices ?

£224,250median (12m) · -5.6% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£224,25094-5.6%+27.4%
Detached£315,00022+14.9%+20.0%
Semi-detached£230,00045+11.4%+31.4%
Terraced£181,25010-7.3%+23.3%
Flat£129,95017+0.3%+28.7%
This area£224,250
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)£33,846±£4,849 · #5,393 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,290
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

108 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 689 offences
Walsall98
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,141 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences278
Theft110
Burglary31
Vehicle crime96
Criminal damage & arson87
Public order & weapons44
Drugs7
Robbery16
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 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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