Wood End

Wolverhampton · West Midlands · population 8,360 · 5 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,344 of 6,856 in England
  • #406 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #9 of 33 in Wolverhampton
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,302
Median age (est.)42
Density5,285per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above23%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 18%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary14%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 72%Asian: 15%Black: 6%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 72%Asian 15%Black 6%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 31% · Sikh 11%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Wood End is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,344 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 33 in Wolverhampton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (71) and lowest on Health (27). Typical homes here, about £235,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 52% in five years (from 71 sales), 6% above the wider Wolverhampton median of £222,500. Typical household take-home income is around £36,217 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 79 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 32 · #4,680
Employment 29 · #4,893
Education 36 · #4,378
Health 27 · #5,009
Crime 40 · #4,077
Housing & access 71 · #2,007
Living environment 52 · #3,323

House prices ?

£235,000median (12m) · +3.3% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£235,00071+3.3%+51.6%
Detached£282,5009-5.8%+47.1%
Semi-detached£235,00053-1.3%+50.6%
Terraced£205,0009+4.6%+57.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£235,000
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)£36,217±£5,137 · #4,635 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,896
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

79 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 657 offences
Wolverhampton97
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,008 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences243
Theft199
Burglary29
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons31
Drugs7
Robbery9
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 34 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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