City Profile • Local Authority

Walsall

Walsall is a local authority district comprising 14 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £226k, reflecting a downward trend of 1.7% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 96 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

286,105
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

14 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Walsall authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English67.4%
Indian8.0%
Pakistani6.9%
White: Other White3.4%
African2.3%
Bangladeshi2.2%

Age Profile

30-34 years6.9%
5-9 years6.9%
10-14 years6.9%
50-54 years6.7%
35-39 years6.7%
0-4 years6.4%

Top Occupations

Professional14.9%
Elementary occupations13.5%
Skilled trades12.2%
Associate professional10.6%
Process and machine operatives10.6%
Caring and leisure10.4%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright32.3%
Owned: Mortgage27.0%
Social rented: Other15.4%
Private rented: Landlord14.5%
Social rented: Council8.2%
Private rented: Other1.8%

Area DNA

family7/10
health8/10
safety3/10
homeown3/10
transit1/10
affluence1/10
diversity8/10
employment1/10
investment5/10