8,095

Households

White Brit. · 84%

Ethnicity

Christian · 58%

Religion

Around average

Avg IMD

£293,256

Median property price

432

Postcodes

8,095

Households

White Brit. · 84%

Ethnicity

Christian · 58%

Religion

Around average

Avg IMD

£293,256

Median property price

432

Postcodes

8,095

Households

White Brit. · 84%

Ethnicity

Christian · 58%

Religion

Around average

Avg IMD

£293,256

Median property price

432

Postcodes

Sold prices in WV8

England & Wales

Property sales · WV8

HM Land Registry · WV8

Average price

£328,501

YoY: -1.1%

Median price: £288,410

View district WV8

Recent sale price trend

Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 9 sales · avg £241,939

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

£440k£341k£242k

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.

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Overview of WV8

Coordinates52.6259, -2.1875

Postcodes

432

Population (Census)

19,118

Households (Census)

8,095

Demographics in WV8

Ethnicity

Total residents: 19,087

White Brit.83.6%

Indian3.7%

White & Black Caribbean2.3%

Other White2.0%

Caribbean1.3%

+ 3 other groups · 7.2%

Religion

Total residents: 19,118

Christian58.2%

No religion30.7%

Not answered4.7%

Sikh2.9%

Muslim2.1%

+ other · 1.5%

Age groups

Total residents: 19,118

50–6420.9%

35–4917.9%

65–7411.9%

25–3410.5%

75–848.8%

+ 6 other age groups · 30.0%

Households

Total households: 8,095

Any member 66+15.4%

Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.0%

Other13.7%

All members 66+13.0%

Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.6%

+ 7 other households · 33.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for WV8

Area IMD profile

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

Around average

Mean decile 6.49 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived

Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.49 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).