7,851

Households

White Brit. · 91%

Ethnicity

Christian · 51%

Religion

High deprivation

Avg IMD

£217,375

Median property price

323

Postcodes

7,851

Households

White Brit. · 91%

Ethnicity

Christian · 51%

Religion

High deprivation

Avg IMD

£217,375

Median property price

323

Postcodes

7,851

Households

White Brit. · 91%

Ethnicity

Christian · 51%

Religion

High deprivation

Avg IMD

£217,375

Median property price

323

Postcodes

Sold prices in WS8

England & Wales

Property sales · WS8

HM Land Registry · WS8

Average price

£226,362

YoY: +4.1%

Median price: £215,083

View district WS8

Recent sale price trend

Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 12 sales · avg £241,250

X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)

£276k£234k£193k

Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

School applications

We've matched this area to WS8.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via WS8

Apply for a secondary place Admissions and composite prospectus guidance Application deadlines and offer days Home education — find your council Home education guidance

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Overview of WS8

Coordinates52.6474, -1.9331

Postcodes

323

Population (Census)

19,050

Households (Census)

7,851

Demographics in WS8

Ethnicity

Total residents: 19,001

White Brit.90.5%

Other White1.9%

Indian1.6%

White & Black Caribbean1.2%

+ other · 4.8%

Religion

Total residents: 19,023

Christian51.2%

No religion40.0%

Not answered5.4%

Sikh1.2%

Muslim1.1%

+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 19,050

50–6420.7%

35–4917.9%

25–3413.3%

65–749.5%

10–158.1%

+ 6 other age groups · 30.5%

Households

Total households: 7,851

Other15.7%

Any member 66+12.7%

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.5%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.2%

All members 66+9.7%

+ 8 other households · 39.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for WS8

Area IMD profile

This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.

High deprivation

Mean decile 3.98 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.98 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).