Oxley Park

Wolverhampton · West Midlands · population 7,728 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,783 of 6,856 in England
  • #454 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #12 of 33 in Wolverhampton
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,413
Median age (est.)35
Density3,163per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above31%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 33%45–64 23%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 20%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 15%Other: 11%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 15%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 61%Asian: 19%Black: 12%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 61%Asian 19%Black 12%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 32% · Sikh 10%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Oxley Park is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,783 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 33 in Wolverhampton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (60) and lowest on Income (22). Typical homes here sold for about £212,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 71 sales), in line with the wider Wolverhampton median of £222,500. Typical household take-home income is around £35,108 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 92 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 22 · #5,366
Employment 25 · #5,146
Education 48 · #3,590
Health 26 · #5,084
Crime 30 · #4,797
Housing & access 42 · #3,953
Living environment 60 · #2,720

House prices ?

£212,000median (12m) · -9.8% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£212,00071-9.8%+9.3%
Detached£319,00014+6.3%+32.9%
Semi-detached£230,50032-1.9%+21.3%
Terraced£186,90017+9.3%+9.9%
Flat£123,5008+7.4%+15.4%
This area£212,000
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)£35,108±£4,998 · #4,998 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,107
Price-to-income ?6.0×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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

92 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 713 offences
Wolverhampton97
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,640 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences259
Theft292
Burglary11
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons30
Drugs15
Robbery7
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 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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