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WR8 postcode area · Malvern Hills

The WR8 postcode district spans 8 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Malvern Hills, Tewkesbury, Worcester, Wychavon. Area Scores range from 31 to 88 across them. Every full WR8 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the WR8 district: Warndon East scores 89 out of 100 (#759 of 6,856 nationally) while Worcester Town South sits at 31 — neighbours on the map, 58 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 4 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £210,000 in Worcester Town South to £430,000 in Bredon, Ashton & Eckington — a 2.0× gap within the WR8 district. Note that the district straddles 4 local authorities — Malvern Hills, Tewkesbury, Worcester and Wychavon — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Living here

Typical net household income£39,307a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime84per 1,000 residents, 12m · excludes areas without published data
Median age (est.)48
Owner-occupied70%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the WR8 district

£345,000median home sold over the past year · +4.5% over 5 years · -3.5% over the year · 104 sales
Detached£475,000
Semi-detached£287,500
Terraced£252,500
Flat£105,000
Malvern Hills£327,500
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Warndon EastWorcester 75989 £275,000
Bredon, Ashton & EckingtonWychavon 1,90472 £430,000
Drakes Broughton & NortonWychavon 2,01371 £322,000
Kempsey & RyallMalvern Hills 2,24067 £359,000
Colletts Green, Callow End & HanleyMalvern Hills 2,52163 £322,500
Tewkesbury West & TwyningTewkesbury 3,53548 £256,000
Upton-upon-Severn, Welland & EldersfieldMalvern Hills 3,61847 £305,000
Worcester Town SouthWorcester 4,72831 £210,000

People living in WR8 Census 2021

Residents59,175
Median age (est.)48
Density167per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 13%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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.

Towns & places in WR8

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the WR8 district.

Tewkesbury Warndon Worcester Town

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around WR8.

WR5 WR10 WR14 WR7 WR1 WR99 WR2 GL20

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.