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West Midlands
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Live
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Coordinates & Location for WS1 2AD
Postcode
WS1 2AD
Coordinates
52.5856, -1.9765
Grid reference
SP016986
Easting
401,689
Northing
298,640
Region
West Midlands
Plus Code
9C4WH2PF+6C
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Walsall
Travel to Work
Wolverhampton and Walsall
ITL Region
Walsall
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
703
Rank out of 33,755 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 703 out of 33,755 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Property sales (Land Registry)
England & WalesDemographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
White Brit.44.8%
Pakistani15.1%
Other White9.3%
African8.3%
Indian6.0%
+ 6 other groups · 16.5%
Religion
Christian38.4%
No religion28.3%
Muslim21.6%
Not answered5.3%
Sikh4.7%
+ 1 other religions · 1.8%
Age groups
35–4922.3%
25–3419.6%
50–6415.8%
20–249.9%
≤46.7%
+ 5 other age groups · 25.7%
Households
Other45.1%
Any member 66+11.2%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children7.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children6.3%
+ 8 other households · 21.7%
Administrative Information
Walsall
Local Authority
Council AreaWalsall and Bloxwich E14001562
Constituency
E14001562West Midlands
Police Force
England
Ward
St Matthew's
Constituency code
E14001562
EU Electoral Region
West Midlands
Parish
Walsall, unparished area
International Territorial Level
Walsall
Health & NHS
West Midlands
Health Authority
Serving (pseudo) England (UA/MD/LB)
NHS EnglandWest Midlands
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
West Midlands
NHS Region
Midlands
Integrated Care Board
NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
Walsall Teaching
Sub ICB Location
NHS Black Country ICB - D2P2L
Cancer Alliance
West Midlands
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Walsall 030A E01010368
E01010368MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Walsall 030 E02002139
E02002139LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Walsall 030A E01010368
E01010368MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Walsall 030 E02002139
E02002139Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation A1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
6:03 AM
Sunrise
5:53 PM
Sunset
11 hours 50 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
6:03 AM
Sunset (today)
5:53 PM
Daylight duration
11 hours 50 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
June 2002
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~24 years
Active Duration
2002 -> PresentJune 2002 — Introduced
Postcode WS1 2AD introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation A1. IMD England rank: 703
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01010368 and MSOA E02002139 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode WS1 2AD is currently active and in use.
First introduced
June 2002
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~24 years
Last updated
2026-08-01
Current status
Live
Schools near WS1 2AD
Open schools within 1.2 miles of this postcode, ranked by distance.
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18FSM 56%
Attainment 8
37.4
Secondary with sixth formStateGirls · Ages 11–18FSM 28%
Attainment 8
73.5
All-throughIndependentMixed · Ages 2–16FSM 0%
Attainment 8
57.5
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 42%
RWM expected
64%
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 14–19FSM 46%
Attainment 8
26.9
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 45%
RWM expected
68%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11FSM 51%
RWM expected
70%
16 plusStateMixed · Ages 16–99
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–7FSM 41%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 39%
RWM expected
66%
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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