Among the most deprived
IMD England
£212,500
Median property price
—
Annual change
West Midlands
Region
Live
Status
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Coordinates & Location for WS2 8SW
Postcode
WS2 8SW
Coordinates
52.5912, -2.0017
Grid reference
SO999992
Easting
399,980
Northing
299,265
Region
West Midlands
Plus Code
9C4VHXRX+F8
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.
1553
Rank out of 33,755 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 1553 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 & WalesProperty sales · WS2 8SW
HM Land Registry · Walsall
Average price
£212,500
YoY: not enough sales in one or both windows
Median price: £212,500
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
May '24 – Feb '26Feb '26: 1 sales · avg £240,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£240k£213k£185k
May '24Feb '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Pakistani45.7%
White Brit.25.0%
Other White6.9%
Indian6.3%
African5.0%
+ 5 other groups · 11.1%
Religion
Muslim48.3%
Christian26.2%
No religion13.5%
Not answered6.2%
Sikh4.9%
+ other · 0.9%
Age groups
35–4920.7%
25–3414.5%
50–6414.1%
10–1510.3%
≤49.9%
+ 5 other age groups · 30.5%
Households
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children24.1%
Other16.7%
Lone parent family: With dependent children12.2%
With dependent children8.2%
Any member 66+6.6%
+ 8 other households · 32.3%
Administrative Information
Walsall
Local Authority
Council AreaWalsall and Bloxwich E14001562
Constituency
E14001562West Midlands
Police Force
England
Ward
Pleck
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 021B E01010268
E01010268MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Walsall 021 E02002130
E02002130LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Walsall 021B E01010268
E01010268MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Walsall 021 E02002130
E02002130Urban: 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
January 1980
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~46 years
Active Duration
1980 -> PresentJanuary 1980 — Introduced
Postcode WS2 8SW introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban 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 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation A1. IMD England rank: 1553
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01010268 and MSOA E02002130 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode WS2 8SW is currently active and in use.
First introduced
January 1980
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~46 years
Last updated
2026-08-01
Current status
Live
Schools near WS2 8SW
Open schools within 1.2 miles of this postcode, ranked by distance.
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 43%
RWM expected
83%
All-throughIndependentMixed · Ages 3–18FSM 0%
Attainment 8
48.7
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11FSM 56%
RWM expected
53%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–7FSM 43%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 45%
RWM expected
37%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11FSM 67%
RWM expected
60%
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11FSM 39%
RWM expected
66%
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 9–25FSM 0%
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 7–16FSM 68%
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18FSM 57%
Attainment 8
39.9
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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