Bushbury

Wolverhampton · West Midlands · population 10,183 · 7 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,824 of 6,856 in England
  • #458 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 33 in Wolverhampton
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,087
Median age (est.)43
Density2,812per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above21%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 21%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 14%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 14%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 5%Black: 6%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 81%Asian 5%Black 6%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 33% · Sikh 3%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Bushbury is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,824 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 33 in Wolverhampton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (64) and lowest on Employment (21). Typical homes here, about £215,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 125 sales), in line with the wider Wolverhampton median of £222,500. Typical household take-home income is around £32,653 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 27 · #5,016
Employment 21 · #5,407
Education 35 · #4,461
Health 27 · #5,030
Crime 42 · #3,995
Housing & access 44 · #3,816
Living environment 64 · #2,432

House prices ?

£215,000median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=125
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£215,000125-0.5%+32.1%
Detached£260,00019+4.0%+18.2%
Semi-detached£220,00072+0.9%+37.5%
Terraced£194,99532+1.0%+36.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£215,000
Wolverhampton£222,500
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)£32,653±£4,698 · #5,788 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,972
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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 567 offences
Wolverhampton97
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,536 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences278
Theft58
Burglary33
Vehicle crime81
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons37
Drugs11
Robbery8
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 30 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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