Droitwich Spa West & North

Wychavon · West Midlands · population 5,424 · 4 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,420 of 6,856 in England
  • #521 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #19 of 19 in Wychavon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,410
Median age (est.)39
Density2,266per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above22%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 13%25–44 26%45–64 24%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 36%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 15%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 15%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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 West & North is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,420 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 19 in Wychavon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (84) but weak on Education (6). Typical homes here sold for about £192,500 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 50 sales), 41% below the wider Wychavon median of £325,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,509 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 83 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 20 · #5,475
Employment 18 · #5,619
Education 6 · #6,476
Health 27 · #5,002
Crime 39 · #4,173
Housing & access 49 · #3,522
Living environment 84 · #1,102

House prices ?

£192,500median (12m) · -10.5% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£192,50050-10.5%+12.6%
Detached£516,2506+93.7%
Semi-detached£257,50010-0.4%+19.8%
Terraced£183,50030-4.2%+18.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£192,500
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)£33,509±£4,796 · #5,496 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,713
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

83 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 450 offences
Wychavon58
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,227 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences219
Theft73
Burglary18
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons42
Drugs8
Robbery4
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 81 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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