Droitwich Spa East

Wychavon · West Midlands · population 5,514 · 3 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,857 of 6,856 in England
  • #254 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #9 of 19 in Wychavon
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,428
Median age (est.)50
Density2,422per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above30%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 26%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 18%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 41%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 35% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Droitwich Spa East is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,857 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 19 in Wychavon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (76) and lowest on Education (38). Typical homes here sold for about £243,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 103 sales), 25% below the wider Wychavon median of £325,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #903 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,353 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 93 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 53 · #3,220
Employment 49 · #3,522
Education 38 · #4,276
Health 54 · #3,117
Crime 60 · #2,747
Housing & access 74 · #1,787
Living environment 76 · #1,609

House prices ?

£243,000median (12m) · +11.5% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£243,000103+11.5%+23.0%
Detached£410,00025+3.0%+26.2%
Semi-detached£265,00027+8.6%+29.9%
Terraced£195,00013-8.0%+2.4%
Flat£147,75038+22.6%+16.8%
This area£243,000
Wychavon£325,000
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)£36,353±£5,196 · #4,579 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,998
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 ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 515 offences
Wychavon58
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,683 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences165
Theft203
Burglary21
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons41
Drugs10
Robbery9
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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