PORT WEST RETAIL PARK, DY5 1AJ House Prices & Local Information

DY5 1AJ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Port West Retail Park, 0.2km from Round Oak in Brierley Hill. Administratively it sits within Brierley Hill ward and the Dudley South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DY5 1AJ is a culturally diverse area with a strong community identity. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a industrial units zone — non-white workforce in manufacturing and transport. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 40) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 27% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 35% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Dudley. Full-time employment stands at 23% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 76 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for DY5 1AJ are sourced from Output Area E00181871 (shared with 170 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.